The geographic insight is interesting. I agree that San Francisco is taking the Microsoft road, culturally, that spells the end of tech: project managers, high

The geographic insight is interesting. I agree that San Francisco is taking the Microsoft road, culturally, that spells the end of tech: project managers, high house prices, 20-minute "standup" meetings in which the bosses sit, laughably low equity slices used to justify long hours, mean-spirited performance review systems, VPs of biz dev, etc. Silicon Valley is the best place for VC-funded technology, by far, but the culture that's sprung up in this current wave is just repulsive. People are starting to figure that out. Lots of smart people who, five years ago, would have only gone to New York or San Francisco, are now going all kinds of cool places as a generation figures out where the next maker culture is going to start (if it's going to be limited to one or a few places at all, which I doubt). It's like a diaspora. Austin, Toronto, Boulder, all seem quite strong. Later this month I'm moving to Baltimore, which is somewhat of a dark horse but I actually think it will win big in the longer term (5+ years). It's already come a long way from what it used to be. Seattle and Boston are quite nice places to live, too; but they're still kinda pricey and that means the legacy of the last wave hasn't gone back into the sea yet. Toronto's a good pick. I spent a couple months there in the late '90s and it struck me, even then, as a great place to live.