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Ask Slashdot: Undervalued, Livable American Tech Towns?

Posted by timothy on from the don't-worry-plenty-of-room-in-alexandria dept.

An anonymous reader writes: I've been working in tech as a software developer for about 15 years. As I've gotten older I'm starting to see the appeal of living in a city that's not crazily blown out and expensive like most established tech markets (think San Francisco, Austin, Seattle, Los Angeles, etc.). Are there are any good tech job markets that are normal, affordable, livable, American cities, or am I forever doomed to be subjected to the rat race found in these overheated and overcrowded markets? Lots of cities have at least some vibrant tech scene; Omaha, NE, Raleigh, NC, and Ann Arbor, MI are three that spring to mind, but everyone's tastes and tolerances will vary. What do you find in your neck of the woods? (Even if it's one of those "crazily blown out" examples.)

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  1. Utah by SecretSquirrel33 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Utah has a rather low cost of living with a very vibrant and active tech community. Driving down the main highway through the state you will see billboards every few miles for developer related hiring. There are dozens of established tech companies as well as many many smaller startups. A few are:
    Qualtrics
    Pluralsight
    Novell
    Adobe
    DOMO
    WorkFront
    MX
    InsideSales
    FusionIO
    Instructure
    L3 Communications
    Boeing
    Oracle
    Microsoft
    Overstock.com
    HireVue

    See more at http://siliconslopes.com/deal-...

    There is also a vibrant tech community in Utah with a variety of meetups including:
    AngularJS Utah ~1400 members
    Utah Java Users Group ~1100 members

    There are also Python, Elixir, Elm, Haskell, ReactJS, Go, Lambda Lounge, Ionic, F#, Big Data, DevOps, Drupal, C++ and BitCoin meetups.

    Also the most common profession currently in Utah is Software Developer - http://apps.npr.org/dailygraph...

    Utah is also a great place to live: http://siliconslopes.com/about...

  2. Nashville... by eWarz · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just don't come to Nashville. It's an absolutely HORRIBLE place to move to. STAY AWAY! Seriously. No jobs here. Oh and we southerners are the rudest people...we don't want you... ;)