Re:London ranked second best startup hub in the world for tech
by mercy_dude on Monday June 20, 2022 @10:35AM
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London is way safer and attractive to younger crowds (20 something olds) than the rot of homelessness, affordability (London has more affordable options than San Francisco I would argue), heavy car dependence (has always been), and overall lack of safety and dating pool San Francisco has
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Re:London ranked second best startup hub in the world for tech
by filoleg on Monday June 20, 2022 @01:03PM
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Are those "more affordable options than San Francisco" affordable in a sense of raw dollar amounts or adjusted for compensation that software devs in London at those startups would get paid?
Because my gut feeling tells me it is the former (please correct me if I am wrong), and that wouldn't count as a proper comparison.
Pulling made up numbers out of thin air to illustrate what i mean: let's say median cost of living in San Francisco for a software dev annually is $X and their annual compensation is $4X. Sure, it is nice that London is cheaper to live in at $0.6X, but I wouldn't call it "more affordable than SF" or alluring at all if the annual comp is $1.2X or less.
Re:London ranked second best startup hub in the world for tech
by what-imright on Monday June 20, 2022 @01:40PM
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Excuse me, Brit living in SF here. I’d take homelessness in SF before going to London for any reason.
Re:London ranked second best startup hub in the world for tech
by spacedcowboy on Monday June 20, 2022 @04:23PM
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Brit living in San Jose here, just got back from London and realizing how much I miss it.
SF is a good city to live in, but it’s not a patch on London