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In my experience, more young people in the tech industry prefer crappy weather and lots of clubs/music/dating/party/etc. and living in an urban core, vs. having
by rdl 13y ago
In my experience, more young people in the tech industry prefer crappy weather and lots of clubs/music/dating/party/etc. and living in an urban core, vs. having awesome houses in great weather.
San Francisco vs. South Bay is a perfect microcosm of that choice. (which is ironic since I'm a huge house with a car with no neighbors within line of sight kind of guy)
- jusben1369 13y agoI understand your micro regional distinction there but it strikes me that most of those enamored with SF cite the weather and/or wonderful lifestyle is a key driver for most people being there. As to Spain, my startup Spreedly is sort of an infrastructure service for payments challenges with global support. I'd say Spain is the most active country we see for startups in Europe (if it's second it's second to the UK). I'm always impressed and also drearily wonder if it's a function of Spain's incredibly high youth unemployment rates. (making a startup more appealing given the dearth of other good options)
- tomelders 13y agoThere's more to the tech world than young people.
- rdl 13y agoWhile true, young people are vastly more willing to move, especially internationally, from a first world country to another first world country, especially for a startup which is likely to fail. (and for the SF vs. SJ example, it seems to be "people under 40-45, or generally without kids", so not that young)