Well, devils advocate: 2, 3 and 5 are all true for Boston and have been for years. Massachusetts does allow noncompetes, but at least anecdotally no one I know

Well, devils advocate: 2, 3 and 5 are all true for Boston and have been for years. Massachusetts does allow noncompetes, but at least anecdotally no one I know in the Boston tech/startup scene has been required to sign one.