Or least proximity to the Universities. Oakland is neither here nor there in terms of being a useful place to collaborate with either VCs or Academics. There is

Or least proximity to the Universities. Oakland is neither here nor there in terms of being a useful place to collaborate with either VCs or Academics. There is no good public transit, for example, because you cannot take Amtrak (it goes only SJ via east bay). So you have to Dog-leg from Bart to Cal-train in SOMA (PITA). In theory, Emerville would be well situated (close to bridge, oakland, and convenient to Berkeley) but again, there is no Bart-station...so no Transit to SF or the Peninsual (and terrible cross-bridge traffic for driving). There are some areas that maybe could be developed, but the Transit situation is straight out of the Buck-rodgers 1970's. As bad as it is, SF is just way more mobile to get around (at least mission/SOMA)...by taxi, bike or Bart...And its a direct/reasonable drive to either Berkely or Palo Alto.