Tech Jobs, Cheaper Housing: The New Silicon Cities

Re:Tech Jobs, Cheaper Housing: The New Silicon Cities by Tempest1981 on Saturday November 05, 2016 @04:51PM (#12881832)

Places to consider (from the article):

  - Richmond, Virginia
  - Eugene, Oregon
  - Manchester, New Hampshire
  - Huntsville, Alabama

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Re:Tech Jobs, Cheaper Housing: The New Silicon Cities by karcass on Saturday November 05, 2016 @05:16PM (#12881935)

I've looked for tech jobs in Eugene and found virtually nothing. The only tech workers I know there have remote-work jobs in bay area companies.

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Re:Tech Jobs, Cheaper Housing: The New Silicon Cities by evan_ on Saturday November 05, 2016 @05:23PM (#12881957)

Really? There are dozens of companies hiring in Eugene:

https://siliconshire.org

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Re:Tech Jobs, Cheaper Housing: The New Silicon Cities by pault on Saturday November 05, 2016 @07:56PM (#12882590)

I've been looking at rents in Austin, and it's cheaper than I expected. I'm surprised it doesn't get more attention.

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Re:Tech Jobs, Cheaper Housing: The New Silicon Cities by IndianAstronaut on Saturday November 05, 2016 @08:19PM (#12882682)

North of 183 and apartments are less than 1000.

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Re:Tech Jobs, Cheaper Housing: The New Silicon Cities by CoachRufus87 on Saturday November 05, 2016 @10:52PM (#12883198)

and your commutes to/from downtown during rush hour average 30-45 mins.

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Re:Tech Jobs, Cheaper Housing: The New Silicon Cities by RandomName2020 on Saturday November 05, 2016 @07:09PM (#12882420)

Eugene has bad air.

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Re:Tech Jobs, Cheaper Housing: The New Silicon Cities by DrScump on Saturday November 05, 2016 @07:25PM (#12882476)

Can you elaborate? It seems counterintuitive unless local smog is trapped by an inversion layer or there is smog-producing industry nearby.

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Re:Tech Jobs, Cheaper Housing: The New Silicon Cities by pmb on Saturday November 05, 2016 @07:53PM (#12882577)

It's at the southern end of the box canyon that is the Willamette Valley (the end that abuts the mountains), and to the north is Linn-Benton County "the grass seed capitol of the world" ( https://www.google.com/search?q=grass+seed+capital+of+the+wo... ). If you have grass-pollen allergies, then Eugene really sucks. For everyone else it is fine except when the farmers burn their fields (which they aren't supposed to do, but enforcement is patchy).

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