Fair enough. But would you rather (a) live in your choice of San Francisco, New York, Austin, Boston, or Boulder; or (b) pick five cities at random from an alp

Fair enough. But would you rather (a) live in your choice of San Francisco, New York, Austin, Boston, or Boulder; or (b) pick five cities at random from an alphabetical list and then choose one of them to live in? I expect the vast majority of HN readers would choose (a). SF has some disadvantages (cold weather in summer, astronomical cost of living), but pretty much all startup hubs have a high concentration of energy and generally ambitious people.