[guptaneil]

This is a fun[1] list that highlights how much is going on in Chicago despite how little attention it gets from the broader tech community. It’s the third largest US city, insanely good cost of living compared to Bay Area or NYC, a central hub with easy flights to anywhere, etc but it still isn’t talked about like NYC, Miami, Austin, etc.

[1] however take the numbers and descriptions with a large grain of salt. I’m not sure how they are sourcing their database but there are at least a few very incorrect investment amounts and company descriptions and those are just from the companies I personally know.

[bkuehl]

Second this! For a such a great, world-class city, Chicago is very affordable compared to other major metropolitan areas. I bought a single-family home in the city within walking distance to the "L" for 350k in 2017. And this was not in some undesirable area.

The tech scene does not get enough love either, but I guess that matters less now that more jobs are fully remote.

[sbmthakur]

The public transit makes living at Chicago significantly less car dependent. My only beef is the harsh winters.

[bkuehl]

Yes, some winters can be absolutely brutal. But like others have mentioned, you don't have to deal with drought, wildfires, hurricanes, etc. And the upper Midwest summer weather is amazing IMO.

[halfmatthalfcat]

The public transit is fine but could be leagues better. Wish the CTA would finally create the Circle Line - going to the Loop and back out to get to disparate parts of the city is so inefficient. The bus system is pretty good tho.

[tedivm]

The harsh winters beat the wildfire smoke of the bay area. I moved to Chicago last year and couldn't be happier.

[60654]

Also they only include startups headquartered within city limits, not in the suburbs and the greater Chicagoland? It's a funny omission, like a list of SF startups eliding the rest of the Bay Area. :)

For anyone interested - BuiltInChicago maintains a different list which is good, it doesn't have funding info but it's more comprehensive:

https://www.builtinchicago.org/companies

[connor11528]

I disagree here. If I'm looking for companies in San Francisco I want to see companies in the city not in some other area like Oakland or San Jose.

I used to live in Oakland and had to commute to Redwood City for a time so I'm personaly scarred by this lol.

On the Employbl dashboard anyone can add an array of cities they're interested in and query by that. For the Los Angeles post I did include surrounding cities though so I guess personal preference

https://www.employbl.com/blog/top-startups-in-los-angeles-20...

[60654]

I imagine you'd disagree, you're the OP and founder :)

But metro areas are important! If I'm looking at SFBA jobs, I wouldn't restrict myself to the 7x7, right? But adding all the little peninsula towns by hand would be a chore.

How about adding a metro area filter, not just plain city?

[connor11528]

Working on "remote jobs" filter first but could be good idea having filters for metro areas in addition to filter by city!

[connor11528]

Data comes from a knowledge graph of the public web made by the good folks at Diffbot: https://www.diffbot.com/. If you send me details of inaccuracies I'll fix: connor at the website where the post is on dot com