Ask HN: Best US startup towns and cities outside Boston

If you are thinking East Coast NYC and DC are very viable esp if you are B2B. Engineers are expensive in both places but you are asking about HQ location. I recruit engineers away from the coasts or from E.Europe.

Well, technically Cambridge is not Boston, but that's probably not what you were looking for :)

I've heard about a lot of startups in Waltham. Also, since you mentioned Portland, Providence, RI is also an option.

Portland, Or.

Austin, Texas