Maybe SUNY doesnt have an engineering course but we still have RIT, RPI and nextdoor in Mass is MIT. Get real, screw Texas A&M. Yeah Texas is so great, thats why Intel still hasnt finished that new plant in Austin right? Nice skeleton of a building ya got there dude!
Isn't about time that people get INFORMED information before they go and slam something they don't quite know enough about to give an educated answer to?
Several factors have made Albany New York the perfect Hub for technology:
1) MIT You know, that little college that trains geeks to be professional geeks? Yeah, Mass is less than 20 minutes away from Albany
2) RPI thats another one of those little colleges that train people to be IT Pros and its only in Troy, less than 10 minutes away.
3) RIT Hmmmm, thats in Rochester NY, we beginning to see a trend here?
4) CSX Rail System runs right through downtown Albany (Selkirk CSX Hub is 10 minutes away) as does AmTrak passenger trains so shipping goods and transporting employees isnt an issue. Both passenger and cargo trains run everywhere across North East, including NYC, Boston, Syracuse, Rochester, Jersey, and Manhattan. Need I go on?
5) Albany is almost like Rome. ALL Roads lead to Albany. One of the nations largest highways runs right smack through the middle of the Albany Silicon District. Interstate I90 runs from Boston Mass to the state of Washington. NYS Thruway I87 Exit 23, which would be the exit you would take for Silicon Area of Albany, goes south to NYC and picks up I95 South. I87 North goes to Canada, 787 goes from Exit 23 NYS Thruway through Albany and North. With highways and railways this convenient, you could almost live anywhere within 50 hrs of Albany and have the luxury of living in a great community.
6) Some of the smartest trained professionals in Silicon Valley were trained right here in New York or Mass at either RPI, MIT or RIT and even now, Hudson Valley Community College is starting new 2 year degrees and SUNY University is also expanding its Technology training. If Albany had the jobs in addition to the colleges, people wouldn't leave NY to find work. This will help our economy.
7) The person who claimed that Albany is boring is just plain nuts. Night life has improved greatly since he/she attended college here. I'm sure of it because he/she mentioned QE2 as popular nightlife here. Heck, that place hasnt been in business as QE2 in almost a decade. Besides, as it is, most people commute here for work. Springfield Mass is one hour from Albany by car and less than that by train. Most people spend that much time each morning at the bagel shop before work. As someone else mentioned, vacationing is excellent here. Withing a 2 hr drive, you are transported into many many different places that actually seem foreign to Albany. You can camp in the Adirondacks, Ski in the Catskills, explore lighthouses on the coast, visit a historical battlefield in Lake George, see a live concert at the Pepsi Arena, or an "Off Broadway" play at Proctors Theater.
8)Albany International Airport is becoming a very large airport which can accomodate the largest jets since its upgrade a few years ago, and includes new terminals with bleeding edge technology. Daily flights to LaGuardia, and Kennedy as well.
9)IBM still owns much of its original Kingston plant even though its isnt running it like it used to And Motorola is also here. Both of these companies could rebound with Albany helping them.
10) Someone mentioned, why not James Island SC? WHY James Island SC is what I want to know? A good friend of mine moved to Wilmington NC about 15 minutes from Myrtle Beach SC only a few years ago because he heard of great opportunities there and low cost of living etc. Bottom line, ITS ALL LIES! The picture poastcard appearance that was portrayed turned out to be, livin in a trailer, dirt for a lawn, everyone had a truck with a dog cage in back and a pregnant teenage daughter. The attitudes in NC and SC especially on the coast are still very racially motivated and oh yeah, want an ISP? Good luck!!! Yer gonna need it. After spending quite a long time looking for one, he finally had to settle for an out of town providor, had to pay long distance charges and was ripped off because, many of those NC and SC communities still have strange notions that the only ISP out there is AOHell and becuase of Blue Laws still being in effect, if you dont offer temptation, people wont looks at porn. He ended up moving back to NY 2 years later and suddenly got a good paying job.
11)Cost of Living is NOT bad. You do the math, an Albany Brownstone Apt on Washington Ave goes for around $900 month with Washington park and Cathedrals near by. 2 Blocks over, a Brownstone off Lark Street is more like $450-$550 month. Similar buildings, just different block and no view of park. Gas costs $1.39 per gallon for cheap stuff. Can of Coke is $.55, bottle is $.99. McDonalds has dollar menu, side street parking is free, Average cost of 2 drivers licences classes is $55 for 8 years, a new Ford Windstar loaded is $24,000-$29,000, a slice of pizza is a buck. Anyway, you get the point.
The bottom line is, we in Albany and outlying areas are tired of this bad rep we've gotten over the years. EVERYONE I've met online says, "Albany? Isnt that a suburb of NYC?" They couldnt be further from the truth. WE have beautiful county, mountains, rolling hills, caverns, waterfalls, cities, rural towns, theaters, concert halls, skiing, backpacking and much much more, all within a short drive. Why wouldnt anyone want to come here?
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Maybe SUNY doesnt have an engineering course but we still have RIT, RPI and nextdoor in Mass is MIT. Get real, screw Texas A&M. Yeah Texas is so great, thats why Intel still hasnt finished that new plant in Austin right? Nice skeleton of a building ya got there dude!
Don't forget Motorola in Kingston
Isn't about time that people get INFORMED information before they go and slam something they don't quite know enough about to give an educated answer to?
Several factors have made Albany New York the perfect Hub for technology:
1) MIT You know, that little college that trains geeks to be professional geeks? Yeah, Mass is less than 20 minutes away from Albany
2) RPI thats another one of those little colleges that train people to be IT Pros and its only in Troy, less than 10 minutes away.
3) RIT Hmmmm, thats in Rochester NY, we beginning to see a trend here?
4) CSX Rail System runs right through downtown Albany (Selkirk CSX Hub is 10 minutes away) as does AmTrak passenger trains so shipping goods and transporting employees isnt an issue. Both passenger and cargo trains run everywhere across North East, including NYC, Boston, Syracuse, Rochester, Jersey, and Manhattan. Need I go on?
5) Albany is almost like Rome. ALL Roads lead to Albany. One of the nations largest highways runs right smack through the middle of the Albany Silicon District. Interstate I90 runs from Boston Mass to the state of Washington. NYS Thruway I87 Exit 23, which would be the exit you would take for Silicon Area of Albany, goes south to NYC and picks up I95 South. I87 North goes to Canada, 787 goes from Exit 23 NYS Thruway through Albany and North. With highways and railways this convenient, you could almost live anywhere within 50 hrs of Albany and have the luxury of living in a great community.
6) Some of the smartest trained professionals in Silicon Valley were trained right here in New York or Mass at either RPI, MIT or RIT and even now, Hudson Valley Community College is starting new 2 year degrees and SUNY University is also expanding its Technology training. If Albany had the jobs in addition to the colleges, people wouldn't leave NY to find work. This will help our economy.
7) The person who claimed that Albany is boring is just plain nuts. Night life has improved greatly since he/she attended college here. I'm sure of it because he/she mentioned QE2 as popular nightlife here. Heck, that place hasnt been in business as QE2 in almost a decade. Besides, as it is, most people commute here for work. Springfield Mass is one hour from Albany by car and less than that by train. Most people spend that much time each morning at the bagel shop before work. As someone else mentioned, vacationing is excellent here. Withing a 2 hr drive, you are transported into many many different places that actually seem foreign to Albany. You can camp in the Adirondacks, Ski in the Catskills, explore lighthouses on the coast, visit a historical battlefield in Lake George, see a live concert at the Pepsi Arena, or an "Off Broadway" play at Proctors Theater.
8)Albany International Airport is becoming a very large airport which can accomodate the largest jets since its upgrade a few years ago, and includes new terminals with bleeding edge technology. Daily flights to LaGuardia, and Kennedy as well.
9)IBM still owns much of its original Kingston plant even though its isnt running it like it used to And Motorola is also here. Both of these companies could rebound with Albany helping them.
10) Someone mentioned, why not James Island SC? WHY James Island SC is what I want to know? A good friend of mine moved to Wilmington NC about 15 minutes from Myrtle Beach SC only a few years ago because he heard of great opportunities there and low cost of living etc. Bottom line, ITS ALL LIES! The picture poastcard appearance that was portrayed turned out to be, livin in a trailer, dirt for a lawn, everyone had a truck with a dog cage in back and a pregnant teenage daughter. The attitudes in NC and SC especially on the coast are still very racially motivated and oh yeah, want an ISP? Good luck!!! Yer gonna need it. After spending quite a long time looking for one, he finally had to settle for an out of town providor, had to pay long distance charges and was ripped off because, many of those NC and SC communities still have strange notions that the only ISP out there is AOHell and becuase of Blue Laws still being in effect, if you dont offer temptation, people wont looks at porn. He ended up moving back to NY 2 years later and suddenly got a good paying job.
11)Cost of Living is NOT bad. You do the math, an Albany Brownstone Apt on Washington Ave goes for around $900 month with Washington park and Cathedrals near by. 2 Blocks over, a Brownstone off Lark Street is more like $450-$550 month. Similar buildings, just different block and no view of park. Gas costs $1.39 per gallon for cheap stuff. Can of Coke is $.55, bottle is $.99. McDonalds has dollar menu, side street parking is free, Average cost of 2 drivers licences classes is $55 for 8 years, a new Ford Windstar loaded is $24,000-$29,000, a slice of pizza is a buck. Anyway, you get the point.
The bottom line is, we in Albany and outlying areas are tired of this bad rep we've gotten over the years. EVERYONE I've met online says, "Albany? Isnt that a suburb of NYC?" They couldnt be further from the truth. WE have beautiful county, mountains, rolling hills, caverns, waterfalls, cities, rural towns, theaters, concert halls, skiing, backpacking and much much more, all within a short drive. Why wouldnt anyone want to come here?