[173522] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: [OPINION] Best place in the US for NetAdmins
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Sun Jul 27 12:34:23 2014
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From: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 09:28:55 -0700
To: William Herrin <bill@herrin.us>
Cc: "NANOG \(nanog@nanog.org\)" <nanog@nanog.org>
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> On Jul 26, 2014, at 6:01 PM, William Herrin <bill@herrin.us> wrote:
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>> On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 1:13 PM, Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com> wrote:
>> Bill, on your list of not so wonderful things in DC, you left off:
>> Weather
>> In the sumer, the DC area is, well, what you=E2=80=99d exp=
ect from a hot, humid, fetid swamp.
>> In the winter, you can make ice cream outside without rock=
salt (though there=E2=80=99s plenty of
>> salt available on the roads).
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> Meh. The weather is always temperate indoors. You ARE a computer guy, righ=
t?
Yes and no. I like being able to go outside and enjoy things outside of my j=
ob environment.
To me, weather matters.
I guess if I had grown up or been stuck in the DC area for a long time, I mi=
ght not be so focused on the outdoors.
>> Contrary to Bill=E2=80=99s claims, we have nearly as many data centers
>> housing lots of interconnect, content providers, etc. out here,
>> too. We=E2=80=99re also a primary gateway to Asia and the Pacific as
>> well as Australia.
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> I wouldn't dream of suggesting that silicon valley lacks for anything
> of interest to computer and networking folks. You even have heavy
> taxation, heavy regulation and a state government ever on the brink of
> financial collapse, all things less prevalent in Northern Virginia.
> Though if you really enjoy those things you can always visit DC or the
> People's Republic of Maryland.
Meh... I don't think my taxation is that high overall. Yes, I pay a slightly=
higher sales tax than VA, but IIRC, our income tax rate is lower. My proper=
ty taxes are definitely lower and more predictable.
Owen
