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> If the Bay Area has great FANG companies because of talented workforce here

The talented workforce is there because of the companies. Why would someone deliberately choose to live in San Fran when given the choice of many cleaner, nicer cities with a lower cost of living?

I guess if you really like fog and hills

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San Francisco is a well known culture hub. The startup industry started source of it in Silicon Valley but shifted north because of the appeal of living in San Francisco.

True, but none of these things exist in isolation. Culture is created by people, it is not a geographical feature like mountains or lakes.

The Silicon Valley wasn't nominated as the tech hub overnight, it became one through an organic process thanks to a mix of good weather, access to capital, a pool of talented employees etc.

Don't take any of that for granted (well except the weather I guess, but with Global Warming and earthquakes who knows).

One thing about the world cities is that you find that they remain the world cities through thousands of years of civilization. London has been a city for 2000 years, Damascus 4000... San Francisco had appeal before the tech industry was here and will have it after it’s long gone.

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