Lately I've been doing the opposite of encouraging people to move to San Francisco. Yes, @paulg is right. Being in San Francisco does give many advantages that he lays out well. But I meet so many who feel FOMO for not being here. Families won't let them move. Or they don't yet have a business that works here. It's EXPENSIVE. I spent time this week with one guy building a robot that removes snow and ice from sidewalks. He wants to move to SF to be around other people who work on robotics. Being a founder in the midwest is lonely, he told me. I told him that the whole advantage of where he lives is he is close to the customers. The government officials who could actually buy such a robot. Being close to customers is a huge advantage. One that many entrepreneurs don't appreciate enough. I told another guy "come to San Francisco to get up to date for a couple of weeks then take what you learned back to your local community." I've seen the advantages AI automation brings to businesses, whether big, like CocaCola, or small, like a dentist in a small town. But most businesses haven't yet automated around the world. Those businesses don't spend time in San Francisco. And people outside of SF are the ones who will help them automate. In other words, there is a HUGE opportunity outside of San Francisco/Silicon Valley and one that isn't hyped up enough.