2 hours from new york, a little over 2 from DC, something like 5-7 to boston depending on if you drive or amtrak.
EA Philly’s discord has about a hundred people
A wework cluster (spearheaded by rethink priorities) has a bunch of empty desks at the time of this writing!
rent under a thousand is quite easy to find for a lot of different types of people and needs (I pay more than anyone in my house and i’m at like 537 lol)
Penn has a reasonable EA history, has hard coursework and some cool profs and students.
Adequate public transit
Not philly:
Volume of entrepreneurial vibes is small. At a meetup you’re more likely to run into a “since there’s no free will we might as well all not try / rationality is a social club it’s not about kicking ass and winning” guy than a “well I’ve been working on project xyz” or “my theory of change is abc” guy (by an astounding factor).
Summers are too hot and humid, winters are too cold. lol. The sweet spot of no complaints doesn’t feel actively too short to count tbh, it’s really only the worst part of the summer and the worst part of the winter that I can be caught whining about it.
You should talk to the people who bailed from Penn EA about what they don’t like about Philly
the philly value prop
2 hours from new york, a little over 2 from DC, something like 5-7 to boston depending on if you drive or amtrak.
EA Philly’s discord has about a hundred people
A wework cluster (spearheaded by rethink priorities) has a bunch of empty desks at the time of this writing!
rent under a thousand is quite easy to find for a lot of different types of people and needs (I pay more than anyone in my house and i’m at like 537 lol)
Penn has a reasonable EA history, has hard coursework and some cool profs and students.
Adequate public transit
Not philly:
Volume of entrepreneurial vibes is small. At a meetup you’re more likely to run into a “since there’s no free will we might as well all not try / rationality is a social club it’s not about kicking ass and winning” guy than a “well I’ve been working on project xyz” or “my theory of change is abc” guy (by an astounding factor).
Summers are too hot and humid, winters are too cold. lol. The sweet spot of no complaints doesn’t feel actively too short to count tbh, it’s really only the worst part of the summer and the worst part of the winter that I can be caught whining about it.
You should talk to the people who bailed from Penn EA about what they don’t like about Philly
Reach out to me for a couch if you want to visit!