Where’s the Next Silicon Valley? VC Is Betting on the Midwest

Re:Where’s the Next Silicon Valley? VC Is Betting on the Mid... by tbrock on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @01:36PM (#15962669)

Manhattan doesn’t have bad weather at all. It’s pretty well rounded. Some days a little too hot and some days a little too cold but never heat as oppressive as Georgia or cold as frigid as Maine.

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Re:Where’s the Next Silicon Valley? VC Is Betting on the Mid... by ghaff on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @02:45PM (#15963502)

It's certainly not California in that regard. Winter may not be like Maine and Summer may not be like Houston, but August in Manhattan can get pretty unpleasant. There's a reason wealthy New Yorkers summer in the Hamptons. And, while it's warmer and less snowy than Boston or Chicago in the winter it definitely gets its significant snowstorms.

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Re:Where’s the Next Silicon Valley? VC Is Betting on the Mid... by eric_h on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @06:27PM (#15965475)

> but August in Manhattan can get pretty unpleasant

For me it's not even the heat that's the problem, it's the goddamn smell of hot garbage. At least the outer boroughs are better in that regard to Manhattan.

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Re:Where’s the Next Silicon Valley? VC Is Betting on the Mid... by ghaff on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @07:44PM (#15965966)

Yeah it's not just the temperature per se which wouldn't be so bad if you were out in a forest someplace. But the garbage, all the people, etc. that make a dense city pretty unpleasant when the mercury creeps up.

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