> Purely based on population numbers it is difficult to believe the bay area has a higher concentration of educated people. At this point, I don't think it's a

> Purely based on population numbers it is difficult to believe the bay area has a higher concentration of educated people. At this point, I don't think it's arguing that. There's a critical mass of domain specific professionals in SV, pure and simple. The argument is that if anyone wants to create a competitor to SV, they'd be playing catch up because there is already an established core in SV. You'd need to peel away a large number of folks already established there before that concentration is no longer as strong as it currently is. There's a limited number of experts in the world. Wherever has the highest concentration is going to have an innate advantage in terms of appeal, regardless of cost, etc. Creating an affordable alternative elsewhere can't compete on that level.