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It is sad that we're at this point where people can't just live in a relaxed manner tinkering on new ideas. I remember Silicon Valley in the early 90s you really had a more hippie mentality and not everyone had a high paying salary and some people were just hanging out and talking and try new things. Austin has a little bit of this Vibe now.

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don’t get why everyone’s pretending you need to live in silicon valley or a major metro area to tinker for 6 months. i saved enough from a year in silicon valley to support myself multiple years in other parts of the country.

The parent mentioned "hanging out and talking" (i.e. network effects) in addition to "try new things" (tinker).

Could the same effect be accomplished remotely? Perhaps, but TFA essentially claims otherwise.

IRC is kind of nice for that. As someone who grew up in the middle of the woods that was my substitute for hanging out in person and talking.

I think it's fear of unknown coupled with challenge uprooting. So many of us are tied down in our familiar big metro lives with a nice community but our kids will see so much pressure

relevant username.

Austin is skyrocketing in rent as California becomes too expensive. I'd look elsewhere for more bang for your buck.

and Austin has more and more CA residents, they're immediately trying to make Austin a city just like where they departed, so they can move elsewhere in the future for further damages, it's epidemic.

I'd say that Denver is subject to the same transition but it's further along.

You'll get downvoted because that pattern of facts is really uncomfortable for a lot of people around here.

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