Tell HN: Setting up a live-in hacker house

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by ainsleyb • 15 years ago

43 23 15 years ago

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We're looking at putting together a hacker house within a 20 minute driving radius of Mountain View and I was hoping to gauge interest. Is anyone looking to move to/around the area in the next few weeks? There are a number of houses available and finding an apartment is a pain. Plus, living with like-minded individuals is always nice :)

Feel free to ping me at ainsleyb at alum dot mit dot edu

kinkora• 15 years ago

A lil off topic but somehow when I read this, the first thing that leapt to my mind is the LikeALittle HQ @ Palo Alto. Have you seen it on techcrunch?

http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/04/tc-cribs-likealittle-lal/

I can imagine the sights and smells of your hacker house will end up somewhat similar to this guys within a few months of moving in.

Tip: It will be prudent to make sure the house is female-friendly. :)

ainsleyb4• 15 years ago

Well.. I am a female, so it will have to tend toward the female-friendly side :)

jvandenbroeck3• 15 years ago

haha:p I imagine a hackers house with a pink wall, that's just plain wrong ;p

iamdave• 15 years ago

Do yourself a favor and skip the video, or at least the first minute.

jackowayed2• 15 years ago

There's also been a Palo Alto hacker house for several years. I met a couple of the guys at Startup School and they seemed pretty cool. http://hackerhouse.bluwiki.com/go/Hackerhouse

nicholasreed• 15 years ago

Speaking as a resident, come by and visit sometime! We're a few blocks off University

mjdwitt3• 15 years ago

It's too bad the site doesn't seem to have seen any love in a while. Last update to the main page there was over a year ago and a few of the external links seem to be broken.

jwwest• 15 years ago

Just because we're nerds doesnt mean we can't wash some dishes every once in a while.

jvandenbroeck3• 15 years ago

Genius idea! Would love to do something like that when I graduate - I don't feel like working for a big corp & earn piles of $$$, would love to start my own thing

I only gotta figure out how to tell my parents.. :p

borski2• 15 years ago

Easy! "Mom, I can make $100k now, or $6M in 3 years. You tell me which you'd prefer." And then just make sure to not tell her the stats, of course ;)

robflynn• 15 years ago

Eerily close to what I said to my mother when I moved from NC to CA around the age of 17-18.

I was on the right track, but I'll be damned if that dot-com bubble didn't stop me :P

realitygrill• 15 years ago

Sure. I have odd circumstances, but I'll ping ya.

jackpine• 15 years ago

great idea!

mjdwitt3• 15 years ago

If you end up finding enough interest, it would be awesome to know how this works out. Any chance you will write about this more in the future?

Also, this is when I wish that I was in the bay area instead of Middle-of-Nowhere, Midwest.

ainsleyb4• 15 years ago

Definitely. I'm still trying to figure out the best place. Some people are up for the idea of being further away in something really nice, and others want to be in the thick of things. Optimal situation would be to find a happy medium :)

mjdwitt3• 15 years ago

Awesome! Here's to hoping it will all be positive news.

stchangg• 15 years ago

Awesome! I had a similar idea -- will email you.

Just a note, in case the primary motivator for getting a house is cost: most of the time, apartments are cheaper per bedroom than houses.

ainsleyb4• 15 years ago

We've actually found it much easier and cheaper to find houses in this area. Granted, we moved here with the major influx of interns :P

athst• 15 years ago

What kind of price range of house are you looking at?

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