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So Nashville with a population of darn near 2 million is "the Boondocks?" Am I missing that part of this that had something about a job in someplace that could

So Nashville with a population of darn near 2 million is "the Boondocks?" Am I missing that part of this that had something about a job in someplace that could even remotely be considered Boondocky?

mcphage 11y ago
You see, San Francisco is where the Internet is. You might think it's a globally interconnected network of computers, but in fact it's really all in one place, and so the further away from it you are, the less you can channel its power into disrupting markets.
- Apocryphon 11y ago
  Let's hope that this Silicon Valley chauvinism accidentally builds new SVs in places around the country, who can pick up once this one crashes.
  - rhizome 11y ago
    SV stole the industry from Boston, and I think we can assume that if SV wanted to support remote organizational models that they would have done so more readily than they have. Best of the best, after all.
- roymurdock 11y ago
  SV economics 101: the "reverse network effect"
  - rhizome 11y ago
    Probably more like "privatize network effects."
- toomuchtodo 11y ago
  I swear, this line needs to make it into Silicon Valley the show.
- mastazi 11y ago
  I'm reading it as a sarcastic line and I secretly hope that is the case.
- spydertennis 11y ago
  I know this is satire but it's not untrue. A lot of important sites on the Internet were/are being created in San Francisco. More recognizably so than anywhere else.
- invalidOrTaken 11y ago
  I'm...not certain this is false. When I was a kid, I watched Disney movies. I had this whole alternate "Disney" universe constructed in my head. Cinderalla, Aladdin, Peter Pan, Sleeping Beauty, etc. But importantly, they only existed in my head---and of course, on the screen. Then I got to visit Disneyland. Suddenly Sleeping Beauty's castle is a real place, and I've been there. I've taken a pull on the Sword in the Stone. ---------- A couple years ago, long on knowledge about monads and short on portfolio, I found myself in need of a job in the Bay Area. I started working for Zirx, an on-demand valet company. Basically my job was to run around SoMa and pick up people's cars, and later return them to them. The rest of the time, I wandered the streets, waiting for my company-issued phone to summon me. Imagine my surprise one day when, running from parking a car near 2nd Street, I saw Github. "Oh," I thought. "I guess that's where that is." Or Hipmunk, which was recessed behind a grate. Or that building right by the freeway on the east side of 2nd, that has five floors and about ten startups. So, I don't know. To me---to an extent---San Francisco really is where the Internet is.
sciurus 11y ago
I guess the author missed http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/09/us/nashville-takes-its-turn-in-the-spotlight.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/09/us/nashville-takes-its-tur...
cnorrisjr 11y ago
Nashville does not have a population of 2m, not even close to 1m. Try 644k. http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/davidson/2015/05/21/census-nashville-just-shy-boston-population/27726167/ http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/davidson/2015/05/...
- timmaah 11y ago
  https://www.google.com/search?q=nashville+metro+population https://www.google.com/search?q=nashville+metro+population
api 11y ago
It's not on the coast.
Hydraulix989 11y ago
Typical uppity attitude ("New York is the center of the universe").

So Nashville with a population of darn near 2 million is "the Boondocks?" Am I missing that part of this that had something about a job in someplace that could even remotely be considered Boondocky?

mcphage 11y ago

You see, San Francisco is where the Internet is. You might think it's a globally interconnected network of computers, but in fact it's really all in one place, and so the further away from it you are, the less you can channel its power into disrupting markets.

Apocryphon 11y ago
Let's hope that this Silicon Valley chauvinism accidentally builds new SVs in places around the country, who can pick up once this one crashes.
- rhizome 11y ago
  SV stole the industry from Boston, and I think we can assume that if SV wanted to support remote organizational models that they would have done so more readily than they have. Best of the best, after all.
roymurdock 11y ago
SV economics 101: the "reverse network effect"
- rhizome 11y ago
  Probably more like "privatize network effects."
toomuchtodo 11y ago
I swear, this line needs to make it into Silicon Valley the show.
mastazi 11y ago
I'm reading it as a sarcastic line and I secretly hope that is the case.
spydertennis 11y ago
I know this is satire but it's not untrue. A lot of important sites on the Internet were/are being created in San Francisco. More recognizably so than anywhere else.
invalidOrTaken 11y ago
I'm...not certain this is false. When I was a kid, I watched Disney movies. I had this whole alternate "Disney" universe constructed in my head. Cinderalla, Aladdin, Peter Pan, Sleeping Beauty, etc. But importantly, they only existed in my head---and of course, on the screen. Then I got to visit Disneyland. Suddenly Sleeping Beauty's castle is a real place, and I've been there. I've taken a pull on the Sword in the Stone. ---------- A couple years ago, long on knowledge about monads and short on portfolio, I found myself in need of a job in the Bay Area. I started working for Zirx, an on-demand valet company. Basically my job was to run around SoMa and pick up people's cars, and later return them to them. The rest of the time, I wandered the streets, waiting for my company-issued phone to summon me. Imagine my surprise one day when, running from parking a car near 2nd Street, I saw Github. "Oh," I thought. "I guess that's where that is." Or Hipmunk, which was recessed behind a grate. Or that building right by the freeway on the east side of 2nd, that has five floors and about ten startups. So, I don't know. To me---to an extent---San Francisco really is where the Internet is.

sciurus 11y ago

I guess the author missed http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/09/us/nashville-takes-its-turn-in-the-spotlight.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/09/us/nashville-takes-its-tur...

cnorrisjr 11y ago

Nashville does not have a population of 2m, not even close to 1m. Try 644k. http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/davidson/2015/05/21/census-nashville-just-shy-boston-population/27726167/ http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/davidson/2015/05/...

timmaah 11y ago
https://www.google.com/search?q=nashville+metro+population https://www.google.com/search?q=nashville+metro+population

api 11y ago

It's not on the coast.

Hydraulix989 11y ago

Typical uppity attitude ("New York is the center of the universe").