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Poll: Where are you from?
This site has many entrepreneurs which is what attracted me to it in the first place. But I feel that there's an important difference between the start-ups done by many here and by me and a friend: we're doing it in Delft, The Netherlands.
So, I wondered, are all of you from the USA or is this place much more international than I think it is?
- sho 18y agoWell, that's a decent number of samples - as of right now, 323 yanks, 324 non-yanks. Even taking into account timezone and foreigners-eager-to-represent-their-country selection bias, that's pretty surprising. So according to this profoundly unscientific and unrepresentative poll, about half the world's (english speaking, community-seeking) startup talent is concentrated in the USA, and about half everywhere else. Interesting.
- cool-RR 18y agoAnyone from Israel?
- pclark 18y agoCambridge, UK
- RiderOfGiraffes 18y agoIt's probably too late for this comment to get noticed by anyone, but can I suggest people register with http://www.hackrtrackr.com/ http://www.hackrtrackr.com/ ??
- mcdowall 18y agoBournemouth, England ... about 30min drive from where PG originates from > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Graham http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Graham
- wynand 18y agoPretoria, South Africa
- kuvkir 18y agoMoscow, Russia
- csantini 18y agotuscany, italy. Europe rulez
- anovaskulk 18y agoSlovenia
- anirbas 18y agoDublin, Ireland
- cvboss 18y agoedited: oops, i think you just added Oceania.
- lucumo 18y agoYeah, I did. Forgot that one, but remembered it on review :-)
- mahmud 18y agoArab world.
- deleted 18y ago[deleted]
- copithod 18y agoCork, Ireland
- patio11 18y agoI live in Central Japan. (Originally from Chicago.)
- tavivit 18y ago東京 Tokyo, Japan
- nixme 18y agoSan Francisco now but originally from Philadelphia. I bet the SF Bay Area probably has the highest concentration of HN readers than any other specific part of the US.
- skinnymuch 18y agoProbably. And then near the new york area next. Good 'ol Silicon (V)alley.
- ohkanon 18y agoFrom the Bay Area too. Specifically Fremont. Silicon Valley is amazing for tech advances huh?
- timtrueman 18y agoI'd love to see a poll of Bay Area versus non Bay Area, although I bet it would be unsurprising.
- deleted 18y ago[deleted]
- rudle 18y agoWaterloo, Ontario, Canada. In Toronto right now though.
- marcocampos 18y agoPortugal (Europe)
- rms 18y agoPittsburgh. (Pittsburgh meetup next Saturday night, the 28th, at 9PM at Church Brew Works in Lawrenceville. Email me for details and to be informed of future meetups)
- sjs382 18y agoPittsburgh! :) I'd email you but I already belong to the mail lists for Dorkbot, Refresh, Devhouse, etc and don't want duped emails. :)
- rms 18y agoNot much of a mailing list here... basically every two months or so myself or Ed think that we should probably have a meetup and then we email other people to figure out times that work.
- ekpyrotic 18y agoScotland, UK
- dannywoodz 18y ago+1 Scotland (Glasgow area)
- daleharvey 18y agocool your at st andrews? I'm currently in leuchars, in case you havent heard about it there is a pretty active tech meetup in edinburgh http://www.techmeetup.co.uk/ http://www.techmeetup.co.uk/
- jlees 18y ago+1 Scotland (Edinburgh)
- z3r0p4r4d0x 18y agoMelbourne, Australia
- dhotson 18y agoHey, me too!
- jasonb05 18y agome three
- deleted 18y ago[deleted]
- gord 18y agome also and am looking for a startup co-founder. Hacking in scheme on a web- data- related prototype as outlined on quantblog.wordpress.com.
- whatusername 18y agoCount me in as #5.
- tdm911 18y agoFrequent reader, less frequent poster and #6 from Melbourne (Geelong to be exact!)
- markm 18y agoJust got back from Melbourne, (Toronto, ON), loved it and will return, and I just kept thinking 'If there was a start-up culture in Melbourne, I'd move there in 2 seconds!' - and now there are 6 responding to the thread, :)
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- gaoshan 18y ago41.285208,-81.098628
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- ashishk 18y agoNYC anyone?
- omarchowdhury 18y agoNYC.
- conesus 18y agoRight here, too. NYC seems to be an attractor to tech. Maybe it's Pecha Kucha. Or maybe a very well attended Ignite. Tech Meet-up anyone? Or it could be Williamsburg... and the creatives it attracts.
- arjungmenon 18y agoClose to NYC: Long Island.
- skinnymuch 18y agoright here too.
- Alex3917 18y agoIn case anyone here isn't already on it, there is a mailing list for HN readers in the NYC area: http://groups.google.com/group/nyyc http://groups.google.com/group/nyyc Traffic is basically non-existent, but it's useful to be subscribed because we use it to organize meetups every few months.
- craigbellot 18y agoElhmhurst, Queens
- wenbert 18y agoCebu, Philippines
- andrix 18y agoHey! Greetings from Montevideo, Uruguay!
- juliend2 18y agoMontreal, Quebec, Canada
- Yopie 18y agoJakarta, Indonesia
- sherl0ck 18y agodenpasar, Indonesia, hey dude :)
- rms 18y agoHey, send me an email please, would love to talk briefly as I am looking for a business partner in indonesia.
- rms 18y agoHey, can you send me an email? I import an herb that grows in Indonesia and if I can secure it at less than the prevailing wholesale price me and a wholesaler could make millions of dollars.
- sho 18y agoJust wait a while, you might be able to buy your, uh, "herb" right over the counter in California soon enough.
- rms 18y agoDifferent herb
- sho 18y agoMillion-dollar profits from non-illicit herb arbitrage sounds .. unusual. Don't suppose you feel like elucidating? Just curious.
- rms 18y agoI did two years ago here and set off an enormous flame war; while entertaining, it is completely unnecessary. I'd be happy to discuss details via email.
- deleted 18y ago[deleted]
- mshenoy4573 18y agoMassachusetts, USA.... Anyone from New england?
- zitterbewegung 18y agoDarien, Il a suburb of chicago.
- there 18y agocrystal lake, il here
- whughes 18y agoDo you think it would be better to add an entirely separate category for San Francisco and area? I suspect that while they're not as overrepresented as some may think, there may be a sizable number that could be broken from the US.
- ccarpenterg 18y agoSantiago, Chile
- clcastro 18y agoYo soy de Talcahuano, Chile
- anatoli 18y agoVancouver, BC (previously lived in Czech Republic and Russia)
- mikeyur 18y agowest coast represent!
- Xerxesb 18y agoAustralia, anyone?
- gord 18y agoSome Melburnians listed on this page.
- entelarust 18y agoSeattle
- transburgh 18y agoAnyone from Ohio?
- nuclear_eclipse 18y agoI'm from Cincinnati, currently living in Rochester, NY for university, but planning to move back this summer....
- dsil 18y agoOriginally from Cincinnati, now in Silicon Valley
- alnayyir 18y agoColumbus, but not from that city, but am from Ohio.
- swaroops 18y agoBangalore and Boston :)
- timothychung 18y agoHong Kong
- blasdel 18y agoDC native
- randallsquared 18y agoI just moved to the DC area last summer.
- tocomment 18y agoI'm near DC too. Anyone in the area drop me an email.
- Derrek 18y agoMe too. Feel free to say hi.
- Jasber 18y agoKeeping the midwest startup scene alive in Quad Cities, Iowa.
- tempest67 18y agoRepresenting the 309! Not there now, but grew up in Rock Island... many moons ago!
- aupajo 18y agoNew Zealand
- benhoyt 18y agoChristchurch, NZ. How does "Oceania" differ from "Australasia", by the way?
- gord 18y agoBig it up for the Kiwis.
- pwestphal 18y agoI'm from New Zealand as well.
- michaelkeenan 18y agoI'm from New Zealand too. I'm in Taiwan now though.
- gaz 18y agoAuckland, New Zealand here.
- jurjenhaitsma 18y agoWaiuku, New Zealand. Bonus points if you know where it is...
- jodrellblank 18y agoMiddle England.
- enra 18y agoFinland
- winanga 18y agoAussie living in Hong Kong
- albahk 18y ago+1 for Aussie living in Hong Kong
- safetytrick 18y agoSalt Lake City, UT
- ptn 18y agoLima, Peru
- dustineichler 18y agogreat, i was working to raise money (for a little while at least) to send olpc's to some of the more rural areas in lima. i'm pervian as well(%). what's the technology scene there like? it'd be interesting to bridge my work between here (sf) and lima. pico alto is an astounding beach.
- ptn 18y agoWe are pretty behind, technology wise. We don't have iPhones in vending machines, they are a little expensive here (the iPhones). Some industries use machines more than 20 years old. The only startup product used here is Facebook. But Lima isn't bad, in the more rural areas, you'd be lucky to see a car that isn't falling apart. There's probably 20 guys total with internet connection.
- mjnaus 18y agoSouthern Thailand (originally from The Netherlands)
- dkd 18y agoBangkok, Thailand ( originally from Burma(Myanmar))
- rapidstuff 18y agoKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- _sh 18y agoGreetings from Ulverstone, Tasmania. Latitude: 41° 8' 60 S. Anyone further south? Dunedin? Hobart? Antarctica?
- jneal 18y agoThink I may be the only South Carolina HN member lol
- mdemare 18y agoAmsterdam
- egor83 18y agoNetherlands Eindhoven/Den Bosch > Enschede
- callmeed 18y agoPeople's Republic of Oregon
- Zak 18y agoTallahassee, Florida. (It's probably too much to hope that anyone on HN is near there)
- chime 18y agoSt. Petersburg, FL here.
- khafra 18y agoSt. Petersburg, FL as well. Good to meetcha, I'd thought those html form guys were the only hackers in this Bay Area.
- chime 18y agoSweet. I didn't know Wufoo guys are from Tampa. "Bay Area" reminds me of my trip to Silicon Valley in 2007 when everyone asked me if I was from the "bay area" and I kept saying "yes, but the other one, with hurricanes."
- jmtame 18y agoAnother cool thing to check for is hackers at your school who are on hacker news: http://www.hnDir.com http://www.hnDir.com
- natmaster 18y agoAustin, Texas : Live music capital of the world!
- charlesju 18y agoI'm interested in a Silicon Valley vs non-Silicon Valley poll.
- hugs 18y agoChicago! (Oak Park, Illinois)
- r11t 18y agoKathmandu, Nepal. Currently in Louisiana.
- manish 18y agoBangalore, India
- vinutheraj 18y agoKharagpur, India :)
- binnyva 18y agoCochin, India
- akshaye 18y agoNew Delhi, India
- paraschopra 18y agoDelhi!
- medianama 18y agoDelhi!!
- plinkplonk 18y agoBangalore!
- ananthrk 18y agoChennai, India
- SingAlong 18y agoManish, LOL, me to from Bangalore. Where do u live? Any luck we can meet at Barcamps or any hacker event? And any hacker events in bangalore other than devcamp and barcamp? Yahoo hackday is once in 2yrs so thats out of my "regular events" list.
- aagnihot 18y agoPune,India
- Flemlord 18y agoDenver, CO
- CRASCH 18y agoHighlands Ranch, CO
- bd 18y agoHere is a pie chart with the current data from the poll: http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?chs=350x170&chd=t:193,29,38,29,14,4,31&cht=p&chl=USA|North%20America|Europe|Asia|South%20America|Africa|Oceania&chf=bg,s,FFFFFF00 http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?chs=350x170&chd=t:193... Or if you want to see realtime data, you can use following bookmarklet to embed chart directly into this page: ---- javascript:function loadScript(scriptURL){var s=document.createElement('SCRIPT');s.setAttribute('language','JavaScript'); s.setAttribute('src',scriptURL);document.body.appendChild(s);}loadScript('http://alteredqualia.com/visualization/hn/hn_poll_graph.js' http://alteredqualia.com/visualization/hn/hn_poll_graph.js'); ----
- dkokelley 18y agoSanta Clarita, CA (Just above LA). Anyone else from around there?
- michaelkeenan 18y agoCan you put your location in your profile please? It would be great to be able to search for HN denizens by city.
- tokenadult 18y agoCan you put your location in your profile please? Done. Minnetonka, Minnesota here. It's interesting to see that you are in Taiwan now. That's where I learned everything I know about being entrepreneurial, which is not yet enough.
- HeyLaughingBoy 18y agoHey, that's the closest so far. I live in southern Scott Co. Minnesota, but I work about 15 min. from Minnetonka.
- lucumo 18y agoThat's a great idea. I've put mine in.
- chops 18y agoMilwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Any other 'sconsinites?
- troyto 18y agoBoston. Would anyone recommend an IP lawyer in or near the city?
- Flemlord 17y agoCharles Cella GTC Law Group LLP & Affiliates ccella -at- gtclawgroup.com
- code_devil 18y agoI clicked on USA as I am located in the Bay Area, but I am from India (had come here for BS in 2001) ... I would consider myself International, unless you meant where the most readers are physically located/residing ?
- mqm 18y agoTitleTown U.S.A--Green Bay, WI: shoutout to Milwaukee, "sconsin"
- deleted 18y ago[deleted]
- nanexcool 18y agoMexico City. Originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- anamax 18y agoDowntown San Jose.
- aardvark 18y agoKansas City area, USA.
- showerst 18y ago(Temporarily) Cape Girardeau, MO. At least there are a few of us here in flyover country =)
- michaelneale 18y agoOceania seems high - I presume that means Australia, NZ, Hawaii??, other pacific islands?
- michaelneale 18y agoSydney, Australia
- vorador 18y agoParis, France
- samueladam 18y agoMarseille, France
- al_ 18y agoLyon, France :)
- samueladam 18y agoWe're getting closer... :) I'm offering a belgian beer to the closest person! Could you guys add your location on http://hackrtrackr.com/ http://hackrtrackr.com/ and maybe update your profiles with skills and projects?
- kajecounterhack 18y agoHolmdel, NJ (~1 hour outside NYC)
- ComputerGuru 18y agoMiddle East
- shaunxcode 18y agoPleasant Grove, Utah.
- known 18y agoPhoenix, AZ
- kashif 18y agoGurgaon, India
- davidw 18y agoFrom Eugene, Oregon, live in Padova, Italy.
- muon 18y agoBangalore, India
- visitor4rmindia 18y agoHey buddy! Nice to see another banglorean!
- lisperforlife 18y agoOne more from bangalore. Go Bangalore. :-)
- vinalk 18y agoOne More!
- Brajeshwar 18y agoNice to see a few from India. We're in Mumbai (Bombay), India.
- x000x 18y agoIndia
- rlm 18y agoCopenhagen, Denmark
- mixmax 18y agosame here anyone else from Copenhagen want to meet send me a mail. :-)
- david927 18y agoPrague, Czech Republic
- Celcius 18y agoEurope, Sweden
- tallanvor 18y agoAmerican, but working in Olso, Norway right now.
- tyn 18y agoGreek,living in northern Europe
- phugoid 18y agoDubai, United Arab Emirates
- mahmud 18y agoRepresent!
- samueladam 18y agoBelgium, where are you?
- DavidChip 18y agoAntwerp, Belgium
- treo 18y agoGermany
- ilitirit 18y agoCape Town, South Africa
- gommm 18y agoFrance but I currently live in Malaysia
- amastilovic 18y agoSerbia
- PeterHammar 18y agoGeneva, Switzerland
- manchoz 18y agoTorino, Italy
- DrJokepu 18y agoLondon, UK
- rs 18y agofrom london too ! :)
- muhammad 18y agoColombo, Sri Lanka! But live in Dubai.
- mahmud 18y agoMy fiancee is Sri Lankan, I'm Arab. Sup cousin! :-)
- Ardit20 18y agoLiverpool, UK
- tippy 18y agoHsinchu, Taiwan
- narag 18y agoOK, someone else from Spain? I live in Madrid, though I'm andaluz. Hola hola...
- arien 18y agoYep! I'm from Barcelona, Spain :)
- atourino 18y agoPanama City, Panama
- simplegeek 18y agoAm I the only one from Pakistan?
- cousin_it 18y agoMoscow, Russia. That's why I upvoted both Europe and Asia.
- simplegeek 18y agoAm I the only one from Pakistan?
- oscardelben 18y agoPordenone, Italy. Anyone else here?
- phillian 18y agoNew Jersey (though 26 miles from the city is close enough I should have just conceded to the NYC crowd) originally. Currently - Philadelphia. Hence the nickname.
- huherto 18y agoChihuahua, Mexico
- walesmd 18y agoAugusta, GA, USA
- vusal 18y agoI am sure here is only me from Baku, AZERBAIJAN. :D It is eastern Europe