Hirehive, and the guys starting it, is pretty cool but I'm not sure why this post was upvoted so high. It didn't really make (or attempt to make) a good rebuttal to most of the points in Antonio's post. It's not like Antonio was saying "NY sucks for everything". He was just saying it wasn't the ideal environment for tech start ups, which is true imo.
The only two things I partially disagreed with Antonio on were on food and cost of living. It's not impossible to find a cheap place to live with roommates in NY, and people in NY take food seriously. I knew a lot of people who cooked well; just as good as SF and the Bay Area or better.
Well his words were a bit stronger than New York isn't "the ideal environment for tech start ups" ;).
I think the real advantage that the valley has right now is mindshare. This won't change without some prodding. The argument has to be made strongly for New York if this is ever going to change.
I disagree. It's more than mindshare. New York does have a lot of good things going for it, but it has one main weakness tech-wise: pragmatism.
"That's a dumb idea"
"Why build Z when X already exists?"
"How does this make money now or ever?"
Yes NY is less likely to have major disasters like web van, but for the same reason it's also less likely to have a google. Only tech cultures that are as crazy or crazier than SV can hope to beat it.
People in NY may be very open to stuff like fashion, but imo they're very close minded when it comes to tech.
The only two things I partially disagreed with Antonio on were on food and cost of living. It's not impossible to find a cheap place to live with roommates in NY, and people in NY take food seriously. I knew a lot of people who cooked well; just as good as SF and the Bay Area or better.