There is definitely a startup scene in NYC. Lot's of groups such as http://wiki.workatjelly.com/ http://wiki.workatjelly.com/. However, there are far fewer tech

There is definitely a startup scene in NYC. Lot's of groups such as http://wiki.workatjelly.com/ http://wiki.workatjelly.com/. However, there are far fewer tech startups here than in CA. Most of the people I know work on Wall Street, advertising, real estate, law, non-profits/education or something closely related. Back in Palo Alto, I could walk into my synagogue and point to different people who've taken their companies public, in startups or worked for big tech firms. Most NYer's don't even realize SF and LA are almost as far apart as a round trip to Cambridge. Different worlds the two cities.