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Starting this summer, YC will be in California year-round
- fallentimes 18y agoBoooooo. Just kidding, but I was looking forward to you guys returning to Boston.
- tdavis 18y agoWe will miss you crazy kids sniff Oh well, more excuse to come visit all our friends in SF soon!
- pg 18y agoOh, we'll be back a lot. We love Cambridge. We're just not going to run YC there.
- boucher 18y agoKeeping the office?
- jmorin007 18y agoOh man, I was totally waiting for the Ticketstumblers reactions to this news.
- fallentimes 18y agoThey said they'd name the child TomDan to make up for it.
- staunch 18y agoAwesome news. Congratulations PG & JL!
- Mistone 18y agocongrats to both of you, really exciting news. love that the reasons all make sense but really it was all about where you want to live and raise kids. despite it all this seems like the best way to make decisions: "whats best for us?"
- ashu 18y agow00t!
- abstractbill 18y agoAwesome, good to have you guys here permanently, and congrats in advance!
- ChaitanyaSai 18y agoCongratulations. I am curious. Why is Palo Alto a better place to raise kids? The weather? schools?
- ph0rque 18y agoEven if it is the schools, the won't have to worry about that for at least 5-6 years.
- brianm 18y agoCambridge itself isn't famous for great schools, but right around there (Newton, Lexington, etc) have the best schools in the country by most measures. When you include private schools, though, I don't know how things stack.
- dgabriel 18y agoCambridge is doing better. My son is in the first grade at a public Montessori school here in Cambridge, and it's stellar.
- pg 18y agoNumber 1, it's a small town-- embedded in suburbia that arrived later, but large parts of it are much as they were before. Cambridge is too urban. If you let your kid ride his bike in the street in front of your house, he'd last about 10 minutes. The other option in Boston is suburbs like Lexington and Concord, but though luxurious they have the usual suburban problems (not walkable, deadly dull). Number 2, the weather.
- fuzzmeister 18y agoAs a Concord resident, it seems like a great place to raise kids (fantastic schools, accessible town, etc), but it certainly doesn't provide the opportunities that Palo Alto does.
- sanj 18y agore: Number 2 Does everyone get soft when they spend time out west? I've lost half my family to that coast and they all complain about the sort of weather that is optimal for sledding. Doesn't anyone else miss having seasons?
- ivankirigin 18y agoBoy did I see this one coming :) I agree this move is better for the statups. I also agree that Palo Alto is better for kids than Cambridge. I think Arlington is slightly better than Palo Alto though. And let me congratulate you again on the upcoming addition. Kids are great.
- sanj 18y agoI agree with Arlington being slightly better than Palo Alto. In fact, you could say that I'm in the process of doubling down that particular gamble! Given that my brother's raising his kid in there and I'm here, I feel like I have a semi-informed opinion. But I'm not sure that we'd have much luck convincing the expecting couple. Congrats!
- pgebhard 18y agoArlington, VA? What makes that area particularly good?
- gravitycop 18y agoArlington, VA? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=444217 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=444217 Arlington, MA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlington,_Massachusetts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlington,_Massachusetts
- dhimes 18y agoMarblehead, FTW!
- mattmaroon 18y agoThat's good really. The speaker lists always seem better for the California one, and the space is more conducive. Out of curiosity, from what you can tell, has the economy affected the gap between the two locales at all? Did the already timid Boston investors just give up entirely? Or has it been pretty proportional?
- pg 18y agoHard to say, because the number of deals with Boston investors has always been so small as to be statistically insignificant. Boston VCs may actually be more interested in YC alumni lately, but I think that's because they only recently discovered YC. With angels it's even harder to tell, because the Boston angel community is even weaker than the VCs. If I recall correctly, only one YC alum has been talking to a Boston angel lately, and he backed out of the deal in a pretty lame way. But with only one data point it's hard to say whether it's Boston, or the economy, or just that guy.
- parenthesis 18y agoAnd who is going to be pg's shadow while he's on paternity leave?
- theklub 18y agoGuess someone will just have to pick up the scraps in Boston.
- SwellJoe 18y agoThat's an interesting thought. I would have never applied to YC if YC were always in Boston, so there must be someone out there who would never apply if it's always in California. Does that mean that, right now, a technically savvy angel out in Boston could start snatching up some of the MIT and Harvard alumni startups that YC ordinarily would have first dibs on? I dunno, but I guess if I were an investor in Boston, I'd be thinking about how to put myself in that position.
- dgabriel 18y agoAlas, I don't think I will ever apply now. I had ideas of trying in 2-3 years, but I can't live in Palo Alto. I'll just figure it out on my own. :)
- unalone 18y agoI don't know about never apply to California, but I think that the sudden lack of seed funders on the East Coast leaves a pretty severe gap. My cofounder and I are talking about this right now: California is pretty tough for him, and this coming in January means that there's less time to really discuss this. The fact that there's no seed funder over on this side means that it's going to be tough to figure out if things don't work - one-man start-ups just aren't a good idea.
- fallentimes 18y agoBeing in California would have changed everything for us.
- gwc 18y agoi.e. the difference between becoming Ramen profitable and needing to push for funding?
- dmpayton 18y agoCongrats on the kiddo, you guys! Mine is 6 months old already, and let me tell you: what a ride it's been! Also looking forward to having the additional opportunity per year to apply to YC. :)
- kapitti 18y agoCongrats on the soon-to-be newborn. But, I'm saddened by Boston being removed from the rotation.
- epall 18y agoAugh no! I'm determined to graduate, dammit, and now you've gone and made summer with YC even more attractive. Good move, PG & co.
- babul 18y agoCongratulations! The first of many kids hopefully (assuming you want many kids, that is).
- newy 18y agocongrats PG. looking forward to applying.
- dantheman 18y agoCongratulations.
- thorax 18y agoWe were predicting this after we interviewed with them in November. :) Congrats, pg and Jessica.
- unalone 18y agoCongratulations to you both! We're applying this summer, and while we're on the East Coast we were wondering whether Boston's not being a start-up town was good or not. Guess now we don't have to worry about that. Edit: any info on when exactly the application round opens?
- miked 18y agoCongratulations on the new baby!
- tokenadult 18y agoCongratulations. Northern California probably has a stronger network of homeschoolers than greater Boston as well, although both places are all right in that regard.
- bijansabet 18y agocongrats. happy for you both!
- johnrob 18y agoThe gap between #1 (Silicon Valley) and #2 (Cambridge) just got bigger with this news.
- brk 18y agoI'm surprised it took this long. Boston area has been great for hardware startups, but the software scene is (IMO) a far distant 2nd to California. Have contemplated moving west a few times myself.
- dgabriel 18y agoCongrats! Good luck, have fun. As someone who has happily chosen to raise her children in Cambridge, we all do what we think is best for our kids. Suburbia is not for us; Huron Village is about as suburban as I can stand. :)
- nabeel 18y agoI'm in Huron village, and it's about as suburbia as I can stand. But, hey, to each his own. Not to worry about Boston, there's actually an interesting announcement that will help fill the YC gap that is coming in the next 60 days.
- icefox 18y agoSo What ever happened to Paul's article that Cambridge is a hot spot for start ups? I guess this means that there is a spot for someone else to take yc's spot in the Boston area. Anyone know of replacements?
- nreece 18y agoCongratulations! When we were expecting out first baby, everyone we met and talked to advised us to get as much sleep as possible, because it will be a bit difficult to get a good night sleep for the first few weeks/months after the baby arrives. I won't advise that to you guys, because I couldn't really understand how sleeping longer for a few weeks/months now will help you sleep less for a few weeks/months later on.
- gaius 18y ago'grats!!
- nostrademons 18y agoCongrats PG & JL!
- shiny 18y agoCongrats. How soon are you gonna teach your kid programming?
- davidw 18y agoWow, congratulations on the baby. Ours has been a huge change in our lives, but is really a source of joy (and worry:-) Any ideas about a name, or will it only be revealed at the last moment?
- Tichy 18y agoWonderful news. Congratulations!
- cpach 18y agoCongratulations!
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