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> I find the tech scene in Urbana/Champaign to be much more vibrant: lots of good technical meet ups, lots of university/industry interactions and conferences,
by jacobolus 8y ago
> I find the tech scene in Urbana/Champaign to be much more vibrant: lots of good technical meet ups, lots of university/industry interactions and conferences, etc.
You had trouble finding “technical meetups, university–industry interactions, conferences, etc.” in the Bay Area?
I find that the problem is the opposite: there is so much going on that it’s hard to keep up with it.
- mark_l_watson 8y agoThe difference is that I work in the research park next to the University and many of the meet ups are within walking distance or a few miles away with little traffic. And I live 5 or 6 minutes from work. In Mountain View, I worked from 6:30am to about 4pm to reduce my commute time. Going out again to fight traffic to get to a meetup was not so appealing. I grew up in the Bay Area in the 1960s and 1970s, great place then. Now too crowded, too much traffic - for my tastes.