> It's probably too late for this comment to get noticed by anyone, but can I suggest people register with http://www.hackrtrackr.com/ ??
I was wondering why most responses were Europe. Then I realized it's 2:30 in the morning. :-/
Goodnight Hacker News! Hack away until I rise again.
It would have been cool seeing a graph of this poll today as the various timezones woke up.
Where abouts in nyc? I hear lots of fuss about California when it comes to startups, but I've had no lack of business here in the "alley".
Unfortunately there is nearly no startup scene here.
Myself: Zurich, Switzerland, currently in Singapore
Soon to be Washington DC.
Traditionally the summers are when the garbage collectors go on strike...
Other than that it's a great city to live in, for the most part nice people, great and affordable food, office space is priced reasonably.
I liked it a lot.
Certainly safer than either LA or NYC, though. One of the safest Canadian cities, actually.
The GTA is an amazing place to live. I'm in Halton (which has the lowest crime rate for all the GTA) and crime just isn't considered where I live. I believe the biggest crime in my area is car break-ins in the Cineplex parking lot, which now has a squad car permanently parked there every night.
Considering you can have a job in either Toronto or Hamilton and have a crime rate 1/3 the national average, or a violent crime rate of 1/10th the national average, I'd say Halton is the perfect place for anyone with kids.
Chicago (2.8M) and Toronto (2.5M) are very similar cities, in size and standard of living. Toronto has about 1/7th the homicide rate. In 2008, Chicago had 509 homicides
http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2009/jan/02/local/chi-hom...
In 2008, Toronto logged 70.
http://www.thestar.com/Article/560516
Mind you, Chicago also tops the U.S. for homicides per capita, so that may not be a fair comparison.
It's almost enough to make me want to move to Canada.
The whole GTA is a nice area, it goes from purely rural to purely urban in an area small enough to travel for everything.
The weather can be great, right now its being torturous. Lots of thunderstorms, rain and with humidity every temperature is +10 in the shade. God forbid you work outside in the sun, then it feels like +20. I'm amazed people don't just drop dead from the heat, but then I grew up in Northern England where temperatures (with humidity) rarely break 20C in the summer.
Winter is much more tolerable than summer, but that's because it's easier to wear 3 layers of clothes than it is to wear -2 layers of clothes. Personally I enjoy all year more than I did back in the UK, but that's probably because there is actually seasons here and not the 2 weeks of winter and 2 weeks of summer of my childhood.
I miss Austin a lot and I'm not alone: wearing a UT t-shirt in Central Park almost always leads to a random conversation with an ex-Austinite.
I saw something before about meetups, but I'm somewhat new to the area. Anybody know of anything in our area?
Wow, it always amazes me how many people are in the DC/Bmore area. Baltimore meet anyone?
We meet once a month.
Meet up: don't know, I'd be interested though.
But what the heck...
Dutch Meet-up is actually a good idea!
It's in "my" office (flex office) but I have to admit I haven't been yet, so I can't say if it's any good.
Wednesday morning at 9? I have enough trouble Wednesday mornings just waking up by 9 ;)
Any Utrechters have any suggestions?
But most of the time I live on the net.
Holy crap, this place is full of Belgians.
or rather a tiny town just south of it. Does everyone else listing these big cities actually live in the city. Or are you just meaning "really close too"? Just interested (because just about everyone has listed a major city so far).
But for the last eight months I have been living in Woy Woy on the central coast just north of Sydney. I have lived in Sydney for most of my life.
Meetup time? :p
Is there an interest in having a Minneapolis HN meetup? Maybe something like beers at Brit's? There might be some momentum at the moment: Y Combinator was mentioned in the Strib's business section today.
Hi Matt :)
Can you describe the differences in the cities' vibes?
I'm afraid I can't compare it much with other cities, as I've spent much more time in Kobe than anywhere else, and it's only been a few months so far.
So what's the intention of this question?
Coffee Meetup
This Wednesday at 11:00am. Starbucks on Wenceslas Square, upstairs by the windows. Don't RSVP; just bring something visibly orange.
Any of you guys make it out to Gangplank or Refresh?
george at illuminatikarate.com, shoot me an email if anyone's interested.
guys -- if you are interested, visit the Android Workshop in Metalab I'm organizing for next week: http://metalab.at/wiki/Android_Workshop
We do have Digium though ;)
A recent American addition here, still confused about directions and I don't leave the house without a train map and enough cab-fare to take me to Tasmania and back, just in case I am lost.
I have been to the City, St. George, Ashfield, Burwood, Newtown, and Lidcombe. My working from home 15hr/day doesn't help my exploration of the city either :-(
Pizza = Colonnade Pizza http://www.colonnadepizza.com/new/
Burgers = The works(this place is incredible) http://www.worksburger.com/
Asian = Mekong (neat atmosphere, good food) http://www.mekong.ca/
Mexican: You will have to look it up but Ahora on Dalhousie is a little hole in the wall, but I think its amazing.
I love food if you couldn't tell. Another thing I would suggest is just get your friends to take you to the byward market and just walk around down there until you find(smell) something you like. Lots of trendy spots down there, lots of gems.
Last suggestion is if you go to the market and you're interested in having some casual drinks Mambo (http://www.mambonuevolatino.com/) has an incredible rooftop deck, the food is pretty great and they have happy hour with cheaper drinks and half price Tapas.
Mambo also peaked my interest, we might make it there too.
Thanks!
Miss living in Durham, though.
(Parkway Central for me)
Also: I am from Sarajevo as well but am currently in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
I'm in Boston, Massachusetts (just relocated from Mountain View, California).
Zagreb, Croatia
Pozdrav svima :)