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I'm pretty sure London or Shoreditch, London is. They call it Tech City.
by nbevans 12y ago
I'm pretty sure London or Shoreditch, London is. They call it Tech City.
- mattlutze 12y agoIsn't that the neighborhood currently undergoing a huge corporate gentrification? If it's what I'm thinking, there was a great article on it I read last year that I'm sure I'll not be able to find, talking about how the startups are being pushed out by skyrocketting rent from all the posh folks filling it up to make themselves, their companies, law offices etc. seem hip.
- nbevans 12y agoYup. And that description pretty much backs it up too. SV has the same problem. Exposed air conditioning ducts above one's head used to be the sign of an unfinished office undergoing renovation. Now in London it is the sign of hip and cool startups, or more established firms going through a mid-life crisis ;)
- flurdy 12y agoAgree, though I like the Silicon Roundabout name more. The Tech City name to me seems like a government idea, sort of Information Superhighway.... With finding money it is good that Shoreditch is right next to the City (of London, not London the City https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrObZ_HZZUc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrObZ_HZZUc), and there is a good amount of Angels and VCs in Shoreditch itself.