While venture capital investment is not the ultimate proxy for a city's startup'ness, NYC did just overtake Boston as the #2 for tech VC investment. http://www

While venture capital investment is not the ultimate proxy for a city's startup'ness, NYC did just overtake Boston as the #2 for tech VC investment. http://www.cbinsights.com/blog/venture-capital/new-york-massachusetts-technology-venture-capital-report http://www.cbinsights.com/blog/venture-capital/new-york-mass... As an NYC startup entrepreneur myself, I can attest to the fact that the level of optimism is very high as is the level of activity amongst startups, investors, etc. Some say frothy but (1) that's not specific to NYC and (2) people love predicting bubbles as a sport. Come on down.