If your investors are convinced you need to relocate, then you go with that, I suppose. But. I grew up in Georgia, started my career in the Bay Area, then left

If your investors are convinced you need to relocate, then you go with that, I suppose. But. I grew up in Georgia, started my career in the Bay Area, then left again due to housing costs and commute times. I believe you can find excellent people everywhere, not just SF. There's plenty of ex-NASA engineers all over the country right now. You could set up a recruiting table at the mall in Tyson's Corner Virginia and have your team roster filled in a weekend. For normal humans, you might prefer that nice house with a yard for the kids. But if you don't mind living out of your car in the parking lot of an office in Silicon Valley, then knock yourself out. Coming from Atlanta, Bay Area traffic will make you feel right at home. The food is better, especially the farther north from Silicon Valley you go. PS: In California, THE OCEAN DON'T PLAY. It's quite cold and it kills people.