I sympathize with both sides of this. I'm a guy who grew up in College Station, Texas, and couldn't wait to get out. Now I live in SF and NYC. But most of my

I sympathize with both sides of this. I'm a guy who grew up in College Station, Texas, and couldn't wait to get out. Now I live in SF and NYC. But most of my closest friends to this day are the ones I grew up with in College Station who couldn't wait to get the hell out. Some of them left, and some of them stayed (nearby). I think we're all making the right decisions for ourselves. I appreciate what I take as the main point of the article: there's nothing special about you just by virtue of the fact that you're here (SF/NYC). I think I relate well to people like myself (small town -> big city) but that doesn't make us better than anyone else. There's beauty in staying where you're from and making that place better and telling its story. I admire guys like Guy Maddin, the Valley Forge, PA startup guys, etc.