| This is from a guys perspective. Pros The Valley - - Great tech thinkers - Great engineers - Great companies - Great tech sector - Great VC scene - Great weather - Great nature - Great food - Great wine - Great tech startup culture - Great interface design scene New York - - Great food - Great intellectuals - Great financial sector - Great fashion scene - Great media sector - Great energy - Great serendipity scene - Great industry spread - Great club scene - Notoriously beautiful woman (i.e. great dating scene) Cons - The Valley - - Decentralized tech scene - Lots of driving needed - Lots and lots of "me too" startups (surprisingly many) - Horrible club scene New York - - No real tech scene - Expensive - Lot's of conservative business - Extreme weather In other words Both The Valley and NYC are great places to be. In a perfect world you would spend half your time in The Valley and other half in NYC.
How is it the saying go? Live on the West Coast once but leave before it makes you too soft, live in New York one but leave before it makes you too hard. Personally I think NYC is best for young people (<40) and the Valley is where I want to retire others might think the exact opposite. |