I love Paul Graham, but oh man does he hate New York:

“People don’t so much enjoy living there as endure it for the sake of the excitement.” [How to be Silicon Valley]

“I went to college with a lot of kids who grew up in Manhattan, and as a rule they seemed pretty jaded. They seemed to have lost their virginity at an average of about 14 and by college had tried more drugs than I’d even heard of.” [Lies We Tell Kids]

“New York? A fair number of smart people, but diluted by a much larger number of neanderthals in suits” [Cities and Ambition]

“Startups prosper in some places and not others. Silicon Valley dominates, then Boston, then Seattle, Austin, Denver, and New York. After that there’s not much. Even in New York the number of startups per capita is probably a 20th of what it is in Silicon Valley.” [18 Mistakes That Kill Startups]

“Of course, if you want to get rich, it’s not enough merely to be determined. You have to be smart too, right? I’d like to think so, but I’ve had an experience that convinced me otherwise: I spent several years living in New York.” [Startup Lessons]

“But if you think it takes a lot of intelligence to get rich, try spending a couple days in some of the fancier bits of New York or LA.” [Why to Not Not Start a Startup]

“And so, apparently, do society wives; in some parts of Manhattan, life for women sounds like a continuation of high school, with all the same petty intrigues.” [Why Nerds are Unpopular]