I'm originally from NY and currently running my startup in Boston. I came here for undergrad, and after graduating, I thought hard about whether to run my company from Boston or NYC. I had been running a profitable online business by senior year, and knew that upon finishing school, I'd be hiring and scaling the business.
I ultimately chose Boston over NY. While I found the tech scene in New York to be vibrant with many great entrepreneurs and engineers, I also found the scene to have too much "noise" for my liking with what seems like a lot of bandwagon jumpers. In Boston, I find much more genuinely passionate techies who seems much less distracted by the hot new thing.
Granted, I love NYC and think it's great city. I also think that there's so much business and so many industries that are so ensconced there that it'll breed some really new transformative web-based businesses. Sectors such as traditional retail (esp. high-end), traditional media, and finance are ripe for great tech companies to join/transform the already established cultures there.
I ultimately chose Boston over NY. While I found the tech scene in New York to be vibrant with many great entrepreneurs and engineers, I also found the scene to have too much "noise" for my liking with what seems like a lot of bandwagon jumpers. In Boston, I find much more genuinely passionate techies who seems much less distracted by the hot new thing.
Granted, I love NYC and think it's great city. I also think that there's so much business and so many industries that are so ensconced there that it'll breed some really new transformative web-based businesses. Sectors such as traditional retail (esp. high-end), traditional media, and finance are ripe for great tech companies to join/transform the already established cultures there.