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Comment by save_ferris | Hacker News Reader

Agreed, this looks like a classic example of "correlation != causation".

It seems like this argument taken to it's final conclusion would be that startups gravitate towards cities with better transit than those that don't, which isn't the case given the Austin and San Jose examples.

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I sort of wonder how much good transportation correlates with other good things that mostly young people like in their local area.

And, for that matter, San Francisco is nothing to write home about.

Of course I haven't lived there in about 30 years, but when I did I think it was better than much of the U.S

Probably second in the US to NYC right?

Personally, I think Chicago's is much better than SF. But SF's is still alright and certainly better than LA (where I am now).

and i thought LA was all right, at least if you are not in the suburbs

DC trounces SF

When they're not single tracking the Metro.

Philly is way better than SF for transit. Maybe it's similar within the dense parts but it's 1000% better for nearby areas.

Tallest dwarf in the party.

It's still much better than almost everywhere else in the US. There are only a handful of cities that are obviously better for public transit in the US.

It's amazing how it takes an hour to go anywhere in a city 7 miles x 7 miles. I guess transit's pretty good for going between the Mission and SoMa/FiDi.

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