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That explains why all the huge tech companies like google started in places like Kansas, not sv.

IBM? Motorola? Monsanto? Most pharmaceuticals? GE? Illumina? There are many big tech companies established and past the startup stage elsewhere, really, some for decades. Google, Apple, Facebook, Oracle align with your assertion but not everything does.

First, Kansas City is located in Missouri, not Kansas. Second, the point in time which Google was created was an entirely different era of the Internet, Silicon Valley, and the world in general. Third, Google was founded while Sergey and Larry were studying at Stanford University, which I've stated in my other comments, is one of the most optimal places to start a company.... Nearby or on a college campus.

> First, Kansas City is located in Missouri, not Kansas.

Both Kansas and Missouri have a "Kansas City" and the two cities are adjacent to each other.

> Third, Google was founded while Sergey and Larry were studying at Stanford University, which I've stated in my other comments, is one of the most optimal places to start a company.... Nearby or on a college campus.

I think that Stanford is a unique and wonderful place, but there are lots of college campus' and a fair number of comparable schools, but only one SV.

Ok, how about Facebook, Dropbox, AirBnB...?

Facebook was first developed in Massachusetts while Mark was attending Harvard, another top tier educational institute. Dropbox and AirBnB were both YC backed companies, and due to the rules of YC, were essentially "forced" into migrating to the valley.

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