"you gotta be in the valley to get anywhere" is not a universal truth. there are plenty of startups that are successful elsewhere. valley helps, but it its no

"you gotta be in the valley to get anywhere" is not a universal truth. there are plenty of startups that are successful elsewhere. valley helps, but it its not a crucial ingredient. i agree with the premise that if there's a social safety net, it would encourage entrepreneurism a lot more. in theory. in practice, it seems like people lose perspective on the "how bad can it get?" scale. they just avoid the bottom level like the plague, more out of social stigma, i guess, than anything else. they avoid "the bottom" more than they're avoiding specifically being "homeless" or "on welfare".