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> So they sublet their San Francisco office and moved to a cheaper city where they could focus: Kyoto Come on ...
by _pmf_ 5y ago
> So they sublet their San Francisco office and moved to a cheaper city where they could focus: Kyoto
Come on ...
- ironmagma 5y agoWhat’s the exact objection? Kyoto seems to have roughly half the cost per square foot of SF.
- smoldesu 5y agoSo does Illinois.
- fastball 5y agoAnd your point is?
- smoldesu 5y agoJustifying your move to Kyoto as "being cheaper" is a lie. There is not a human with a pulse who will believe that you dropped everything you were doing to move to Japan because rent costs half as much. I might believe that they "wanted a change of scenery" or "needed to relocate for creative purposes", but price?
- TameAntelope 5y agoI think the specific phrasing was a literary device, because it was such an odd choice. Set up the reveal with a mundane/reasonable "explanation" then follow up with the answer to keep the article snappy and interesting. They elaborate on their choice of Kyoto as a way to isolate themselves further from distraction -- the language barrier.
- fastball 5y agoWhy not all of the above? They didn't say price was the only factor, just said it was a reason. I know I moved out of London last year because I no longer needed to be in London and rent was hard to justify. Sounds like they were in the same boat. You can rebuild your app from anywhere, might as well do it from somewhere cheaper (yet still vibrant).
- Aeolun 5y agoThey definitely also needed to relocate because of price. But that was certainly not the only reason for moving to Kyoto.
- ironmagma 5y agoSo is Florida. They can’t move everywhere.
- drevil-v2 5y agoHaha my thoughts exactly..