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Because mostly only big companies choose their destination. For the rest it's where they live when they found the company. So if more people in Chicago found te
by tomaha 9y ago
Because mostly only big companies choose their destination. For the rest it's where they live when they found the company. So if more people in Chicago found tech companies you'll get more tech companies. That's the reason SV is a self-feeding machine. People work at one of the many startups or big companies here, get experience, get money, and then part of them start their own companies. That's the circle that drives SV and because it gets stronger each time it's hard for any other city or region to really catch up.
- _RPM 9y ago> So if more people in Chicago found tech companies you'll get more tech companies Wait, really?
- gumby 9y agoI know it sounds tautological but makes sense in the context of the rest of the reply.
- radiorental 9y agoYour description made think of the slime mold map of the Tokyo transportation system [1] albeit with a different set of inputs. As with any organic, self propelled, system.. it matures and growth turns to maintenance, and eventually decay. Is the general argument here that SV has become a victim of it's massive organic growth, has it eaten up one of it's resources (housing, healthy diversity, etc) to the point where another city/system can now flourish?? [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwKuFREOgmo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwKuFREOgmo