Firstoff, Silicon Valley isn't a "town." Secondly, I hate how articles (this one included) talk about new NY startups and how they are so different from ones i

Firstoff, Silicon Valley isn't a "town." Secondly, I hate how articles (this one included) talk about new NY startups and how they are so different from ones in the Bay. While there is definitely some degree of truth to that, a lot of their examples focus on companies such as Tumblr and Foursquare, which seem like complete stereotypes of the current SV bubble: Consumer-oriented social platforms that are heavy on TechCrunch posts and light on revenue. Not that the the Bay Area doesn't have lots of those too, but if you want to talk about how "different" the NY startup scene is I think 4Sq is a terrible example. Gilt is a much better example.