> No, the startup scene is a side effect of a lot of money floating around in a place where there is little job security and surplus of people ready to gamble a

> No, the startup scene is a side effect of a lot of money floating around in a place where there is little job security and surplus of people ready to gamble a couple of years of their life in return for a very small chance at success, though I'm prepared to admit it'll be very messy without that backup plan. Aka risk taking. For SWEs clearly they've got job security, otherwise they wouldn't do it. Founders are usually well connected and have enough of a cushion to land safely if the startup crashes. Either way there's plenty of job security in SV. > I'm in agreement with the exception of the word 'correct'. I'll agree with you also! Unique is better. > Consider also that inside the United States many places have already tried to imitate SV and it didn't work there either, and yet, the economic, political and social conditions were identical. What? There's so much variance just between cities, let alone states. These things are not equally distributed across the US.