[HN Gopher] Denver Startup Week Is Coming Up in September
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       Denver Startup Week Is Coming Up in September
        
       Author : mooreds
       Score  : 11 points
       Date   : 2022-08-28 20:42 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | mooreds wrote:
       | I've gone to this several times over the years and spoken a few
       | times (I'm speaking this year, fwiw).
       | 
       | Covid was rough (zoom fatigue among other things) but this year
       | is back in person. It's an entirely community driven week of
       | startup focused events, including talks and gatherings.
       | 
       | Really looking forward to it.
        
       | 71a54xd wrote:
       | As someone from Austin Texas who has lived in California and New
       | York I'll never really understand the draw of Denver.
       | 
       | I've even spent lots of time in the mountains skiing in Colorado
       | and have lots of friends currently in Boulder. I recently drove
       | out to spend some extended time in Boulder and after spending a
       | week or so in Denver I just flat out don't see the appeal at all.
       | It's more expensive than Austin, dirty, drivers were absolutely
       | horrible and basically every restaurant I went to the waiters
       | were high enough to forget my order.
       | 
       | My friends who live in Denver also seem to have started to
       | complain about SF levels of car theft, petty theft and general
       | degenerate crime in the past year.
        
         | testbjjl wrote:
         | Sounds like you have a solid case for not moving to Denver, at
         | least until things are more to your liking. Have you ever
         | attended Denver Startup Week?
        
         | Arubis wrote:
         | While it's tempting to upvote this in hopes of reducing
         | crowding, I've lived in Denver a decade and it's a highly
         | livable city. There's neighborhoods that are outsider-popular
         | but actually miserable places to be, like the central business
         | district on weekends, but it's otherwise an incredibly walkable
         | small city with good nature access, a vastly improved
         | restaurant scene (good luck finding anywhere open past 9pm ten
         | years back), and a general pace of life that prioritizes living
         | over careerism.
         | 
         | The cost of living is certainly high; it's not a huge discount
         | over most places, though still cheaper than NYC, SF, Boston.
         | And the public schools aren't consistently great, so you have
         | to search around.
         | 
         | Overall, though, it's a pretty great place. I wish it were in a
         | country with less terrifying politics, but that's neither
         | Denver's fault nor unique worldwide.
        
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