Ask HN: What do you see as the current non-valley startup hubs?

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Amsterdam, West Germany, Berlin, Madrid.
berlin is a wannabe startup hub. germans investors have fear of risk. imho
Please also add the niche(s) if the hub is specific for one or more niches, instead of a general hub.
Boston, NYC, Austin in the US.

Portland Or and Northern New England (North of Boston, NH, Vermont, Southern Maine) might just be part of the Boston hub but if it's separate is seeing a ton of startup's.

Do you have any resources for startups in the not-Boston part of this region? I’m in northern Vermont and the job market here for tech has historically been pretty bare. Would love to work for a more local company than I currently do.
Pittsburgh, PA - niche hub for AI, ML and Robotics. Slowly becoming a more general startup hub as well.
I personally think there is a decent hub forming in the DC Metro Area, especially related to policy, non-profits, law, etc.
Amazon! If you haven’t seen it already, search up a picture of their new DC HQ.
I have! I'm currently looking to buy real estate out in Arlington and it has been nightmarish. Definitely a beautiful building though.
Phoenix for silicon.
Not especially Portland, but there is a small community.

The scene here mostly is dominated by Intel, Nike, etc. and a handful of satellite offices from other big companies (eBay, Amazon, New Relic, etc.) I think in 5-10 years it'll get there, though. Tech is increasing rapidly as a percentage of the Portland economy.

Incredibly biased because I work at a start-up in Atlanta, but especially in the FinTech space there is a strong community here.