Tech workers are increasingly looking to leave Silicon Valley

Re:Tech workers are increasingly looking to leave Silicon Va... by brightball on Monday February 29, 2016 @02:35PM (#11197707)

Shameless plug: http://www.visitgreenvillesc.com/

Greenville and Charleston, SC are working pretty hard to become tech hubs. Charleston is booming to a degree that housing is starting to go the way of SF (which is nuts in this area) but Greenville and it's surrounding cities have virtually no risk of that degree of price inflation. There's just too much land and space.

I live in Easley, which is about 10 minutes from downtown Greenville and you can get a decent 1100 square foot, 2 BR/2BTH apartment with washer/drier for about $500 / month.

Houses tend to run between 80-110 / sqft.

Also, food is awesome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73GcUAb2HO0

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Re:Tech workers are increasingly looking to leave Silicon Va... by chriscls on Monday February 29, 2016 @03:13PM (#11198054)

I lived in Greenville for two years. For the southeast it's a pretty great spot especially if you want to own a house and have a family and comfortable life. The tech scene is good, comparatively and there are some really talented people around. The one drawback for me is the strongly ingrained conservative nature of the area.

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Re:Tech workers are increasingly looking to leave Silicon Va... by mrfusion on Monday February 29, 2016 @05:13PM (#11199074)

Good schools? Are people too conservative there?

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Re:Tech workers are increasingly looking to leave Silicon Va... by brightball on Monday February 29, 2016 @08:17PM (#11200156)

Greenville's the biggest school district in the state so like any area, schools will vary. There are some very, very good ones and some that are more average. The only place where "too conservative" concerns comes into play are the small private schools. There's actually one big episcopal private school that's the best school in the entire state (Christ Church Episcopal). Lot of BMW execs send their kids there.

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Re:Tech workers are increasingly looking to leave Silicon Va... by lukeqsee on Monday February 29, 2016 @02:43PM (#11197791)

I grew up in Greenville and am moving back in a month. I would love to connect. You didn't have anything in your profile, so feel free to drop me a line to the email in my profile, if you want.

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Re:Tech workers are increasingly looking to leave Silicon Va... by harryh on Monday February 29, 2016 @03:23PM (#11198132)

Oh hi Greenville people! I don't have a ton to add really but since the city almost never comes up on Hacker News I just wanted to chime in. Was born there and lived there until I went to college. Mom still lives there so I visit once or twice a year. Great lil' town.

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Re:Tech workers are increasingly looking to leave Silicon Va... by brightball on Monday February 29, 2016 @03:36PM (#11198253)

Done and fixed the profile too.

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