Speaking from a team bootstrapping our company out of Houston, we wouldn't have stood a chance anywhere else, especially anywhere near the Valley. We were runni

Speaking from a team bootstrapping our company out of Houston, we wouldn't have stood a chance anywhere else, especially anywhere near the Valley. We were running off savings for the longest time, and so a month's worth of expenditures in most places lasted 2-3 months here, easily (the company and team's cost of living all combined, primarily rent). It gave us the time to figure out which way was up with our business. And the times one or two of us had to get some income on the side, employment was readily accessible. Buying a house might even be in the near future for one of our founders, and that's only possible at the prices around here. Slightly unrelated: I'm surprised to see the average weekly wage out in Detroit so high ($1,015), given all the tales of woe you hear about it.