[tmugavero]

I fully agree. The startup community is exploding here. We have serious companies coming out of the city, a seriously diverse culture (Tech, Business, Fashion, Art, Music), leaders and mentors speaking at meetups, co-working spaces, conferences and colleges daily, and tons of VCs and Angels. So glad I moved to NYC.

[3dFlatLander]

I'd worry about being lean and frugal there, due to the cost of living. I bet there's some ways to save money (aside from cramming five guys into a studio apartment).

Related question: Did NYC ever get any of those miracle residential fiber connections covering the whole city? It's surprisingly hard to get broadband info w/o going through forms.

[tmugavero]

FIOS is probably the best bet although it doesn't come to our building. You can still get 20-50Mbps residential if you pay enough. It's quite easy to live cheaply here, as long as you don't live in midtown Manhattan. You can cross the water any direction and knock $1000 off your rent, and if you cram a few people in the same apartment (everyone does), then your rent can be $500-$1000 per person. On incubator funds that leaves some runway. There is a pizza place one block over from me that is open 24hrs and has $.99 slices, so food can definitely be had on the cheap, and we don't have, need, or want a car since 20 instances of everything we need is within 10 blocks from us. Dentist, Doctor, Store, Parks, River/Ocean, Gym, Restaurants, Bars, Clubs, Coffee shops.