Ask HN: How's the Paris startup scene?

Re:Ask HN: How's the Paris startup scene? by Chiminh on Friday August 10, 2018 @11:37AM (#17734283)

Depending on the preferences Paris can be a pretty poor city or the best city in the world. I clearly fall into the first category. Living 'intramuros' is very expensive when adding the fact that salaries are not on part with major tech hubs. The city is dirty, very polluted (2nd worst area in Europe by air pollution after Moscow - don't have the reference link though), people are rude, and everything so cramped it makes you feel claustrophobic.

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Re:Ask HN: How's the Paris startup scene? by sametmax on Friday August 10, 2018 @11:41AM (#17734333)

Agreed. But I'll take Paris over the valley any day.

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Re:Ask HN: How's the Paris startup scene? by ousta on Friday August 10, 2018 @11:44AM (#17734357)

Please give me any example of a major world city where living 'intramuros' is cheap lol....

Salaries are on part with major tech hubs (NYC OR SF are WAY MORE EXPENSIVE than paris and salaries match at the end)

Paris is the 15th most polluted city in europe and not the 2nd...

"People are rude" - is a generalization and racism toward parisians. plus if you feel like everyone is rude start asking yourself some questions man....

Plus in terms of dirty you never lived in SF or NEW York or any part of China I guess.

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Re:Ask HN: How's the Paris startup scene? by Chiminh on Friday August 10, 2018 @11:54AM (#17734447)

I did not say other tech hubs would be nicer to live in, as I could not compare (apart from London). It's just the experience I had living in Paris. By expensive I meant expensive when adjusted with the relatively-low salaries. In the end the only way to know, as parent comment said, is to try the experience. I just stated what I feel is not an uncommon opinion.

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Re:Ask HN: How's the Paris startup scene? by sametmax on Friday August 10, 2018 @11:51AM (#17734418)

To any american, people in Paris will feel rude. To any russian, they will feel over friendly.

It's not racism, it's just social expectations clashing.

But yeah, try to live in Manhattan...

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Re:Ask HN: How's the Paris startup scene? by archagon on Friday August 10, 2018 @04:00PM (#17736313)

Ha—as a Russian-American, I guess that explains why it felt just right!

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Re:Ask HN: How's the Paris startup scene? by thatfrenchguy on Friday August 10, 2018 @12:42PM (#17734846)

Prague, Berlin ? Both are good tech hubs.

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