> Pittsburgh can't be a startup hub due to its extremely poor weather alone. (and that's harder to disrupt!) That strikes me as an odd line of reasoning. It se

> Pittsburgh can't be a startup hub due to its extremely poor weather alone. (and that's harder to disrupt!) That strikes me as an odd line of reasoning. It seems fair to say that Pittsburgh can't surpass the Bay Area for any number of reasons (due in part but not principally to weather), but it seems a stretch to argue that it can't be a startup hub simply due to some mildly cold winters. London, Boston, NYC, Berlin, Stockholm - none of these places are renowned for their great weather. Neither for that matter is SF proper, with its notoriously shitty summers. Seems to me like talent and money converge for plenty of reasons that don't involve local weather conditions.