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Come to Seattle. It's a tech... nirvana. ;) Liberal social policies (pot, marriage, choice) but fiscal conservatism (no income tax). Seattle has NIMBYism, bu
by nostromo 13y ago
Come to Seattle. It's a tech... nirvana. ;)
Liberal social policies (pot, marriage, choice) but fiscal conservatism (no income tax). Seattle has NIMBYism, but much less so than the bay. Get this: when rents went up, they built more apartments, and lots of them - what a concept!
South Lake Union has turned into this amazing place with incubators and Amazon and Vulcan and Bio Tech all around. Amazon, a major US tech company, has a downtown campus surrounded by apartments and places to eat! Wow! Why is that rare? No need to get mad at Google's busses that shuttle workers off to the sticks -- just put the jobs next to the people and existing transit. There are also local VCs and angels too -- but if you need to raise in SF/SV, it's just an hour away.
- xxpor 13y ago>when rents went up, they built more apartments, and lots of them - what a concept! We'll see if that's still true with Murray in office (hopefully it will be).
- joehillen 13y agoExcept no gigabit internet. Good luck trying to fuel a tech boom with slow-ass comcast internet.
- Nacraile 13y agoNot strictly true. I have 100Mbps CondoInternet for $60/mo, and could have 1Gbps for $120/mo if my home usage justified it. Availability is somewhat limited - basically, bigger upscale buildings around downtown.
- redblacktree 13y agoReally? That one issue makes the difference? Look out, folks. Kansas City is going to be the new tech capital of the world!