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I run a startup and a consulting business in Miami.

My girlfriend has been offered to move to Boston, and I'm not going to hide that I'm afraid at the idea of leaving a place where I built tons of connection in the past 6 years (I moved to Florida from Italy, so I started with 0 connections). I'm afraid that I will have to start from scratch again in Boston, where I don't know a single person.

What are you thoughts about moving a company to Boston? Are people open to accept a new person in the community or is it very closed and elitist (I'm definitely not MIT or Harvard material).

EDIT: By the way, I will be in Boston (she's going to check the place) from March 10th to the 13th, I would love to meet you or participate to any event. So if you are there please email me at davide at 39inc.com :)

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Davide - looks like you're going miss it, but if you're ever in Boston on a Thursday you should check out http://www.venturecafe.net/ - it's a very friendly and open entrepreneur-centered event every Thusday.

There are hundreds of events every week (most free) if you want to meet people (see http://greenhornconnect.com/ )

The startup scene is not elitist at all. There are lots of easy places to plug in and I think people are generally receptive. Feel free to ping me when you arrive here or email me. I'm easy to find online.

Hi, Davide. Feel free to get in touch if you'd like to have a web developer in your network: http://techiferous.com/about/

My relocation to Boston was logistically difficult, so I have a soft spot for helping others relocate. I'd be glad to be of assistance if you need help or have questions about Boston neighborhoods or tech hangouts.

Lots of good geeks and networking possibilities here. One big difference between FL and MA (besides the weather) is that in MA we're generally up-front about it when we dislike people. I much prefer it. Saves wasting time on people who don't want anything to do with you, and make it much clearer who the people that DO want something to do with you are. Obviously, your mileage may vary with this.

Of course, living in Boston is crazy expensive too...

You can live just outside of Boston for pretty cheap. I'm currently in Framingham and moving to Somerville sometime this summer. Probably going to be around $2000/month (counting bills).

Check out meetup.com groups in Boston.

I know that the Boston Python group has solid meetups, and I think the Ruby meetups are also popular.

The Boston Ruby meetups have always been very good, but lately have grown in popularity and quality thanks to Brian Cardarella's leadership.

http://bostonrb.org

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