It's fairly common to do this. When someone says 'X is harder unless Y' and people accept it, then soon everyone doing X must do Y as well. When the pendulum sw

It's fairly common to do this. When someone says 'X is harder unless Y' and people accept it, then soon everyone doing X must do Y as well. When the pendulum swings far enough towards Y, people start doing Not-Y and succeed, pulling the pendulum back. Basically, Paul Graham's argument about being in a startup hub was so clear cut a few years ago that everyone doing a startup moved to SV. Now with SV overcrowded with startups all trying to get the same investments and publicity, it might actually be easier to start a startup outside of the hub where there is far less competition for finance and talent.