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Am I missing something or has California crossed over into absurdity? I don't understand why the VC and tech community in California stand for this stuff [1].
by twakefield 14y ago
Am I missing something or has California crossed over into absurdity?
I don't understand why the VC and tech community in California stand for this stuff [1]. There should either be more lobbying by the seemingly powerful tech and vc community or mass exodus out of the state. I don't see either happening and I wonder why. Perhaps these things just take time.
Is CA killing the golden goose here?
[1] I am guilty too by living here at the moment, but I am a relative new comer to the state. The situation is completely baffling to me after being here for almost two years and am exploring other states at the moment.
- mturmon 14y ago"Give us our targeted tax breaks or we'll leave for another state!". I like principled stands like this.
- rdl 14y agoI think part of the problem is there isn't a single other place which is objectively better than SFBA on every metric which matters to startup people, and yet people would prefer to stay together/have a critical mass of people. Seattle, Boulder, and Austin are probably the most viable options right now, if you want more libertarian/sustainable government combined with the same overall feel of the Bay Area. It would be better if there were one place which was head and shoulders better than all the others. Nothing really touches SFBA for VC, though, and Stanford is probably the world's best university for applied CS with startup involvement.