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YC will hold interviews in Vancouver for founders who can’t get US visas
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Maybe, although taxes are a lot higher in Canada for anything beyond an average salary.
Yes, but you get healthcare and being non-white isn't illegal, so that helps. Also - not really? The highest federal tax bracket in Canada is 33%. The highest in the states is 39%. The highest provincial rate in BC is 12% and that's about the same as California. I'm sure there's a lot of variation depending on an individual's situation, but you're really deluding yourself if you think American taxes are low, for the…
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Dubai is an excellent idea. UAE is one of the countries, for example, that bans any citizens of Israel and anybody who ever visited Israel from entry. Nice way to solve those visa questions once and for all. Why worry about unclear visa policy if we can choose a country with a clear "no Jews allowed" visa policy?
This is just misinformation. There are many jews living and working in Dubai. It is true that Israeli passports are not allowed. But that is the point of multiple sites. Perhaps Cambodia would have been a better choice.
> it is true that Israeli passports are not allowed
So not misinformation. And not only Israeli passports but any having Israeli citizenship even if they use another passport, and anybody who has Israeli stamp in their passport, isn't it?
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I don't disagree. It is the world's premier tech hub. But a fleeting 4 year long ban on immigrants wouldn't turn the city to rubble and leave everybody without jobs as Google and Y Combinator pack up bags and move to Tijuana and Beijing. There are larger forces at play here than that.
Of course. But it'll do some damage, which will only get worse as time goes on. What about 8 years? 12? If you restrict skilled legal immigration long-term, you're necessarily going to (slowly) drive companies away.
This implies that we don't have enough home-grown talent. We do.
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Well there are tons of interesting tech work done in China, targeting only Chinese market though :) its a self contained market I can walk around and pay for everything with my cellphone nowadays in China, but can't really do that in Bay Area.
> I can walk around and pay for everything with my cellphone nowadays in China, but can't really do that in Bay Area. Is this really that interesting though? Tell me when they have self-driving cars that are affordable enough for ride sharing.
That's just an example that i find interesting enough, that quite a few US companies tried to solve, but still have a long way to go.
As for self-driving cars, Chinese companies like Baidu are not unlike Google, and they are investing/researching heavily in these fields. The only twist is that self-driving in China would be a lot harder to solve because the roads are a lot messy there :) At the same time, many of these companies directly invests in US companies as well
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It's the illegal immigrants that suck the system dry, not the smart, diligent, legitimate ones working in academia and top companies. That sounds like a grossly inaccurate generalization to me. A lot of "illegal immigrants" are an absolutely essential part of the economy, performing jobs like picking oranges in the Florida heat/humidity, doing roofing work, washing dishes, etc. Interview farmers in the south and ask…
> A lot of "illegal immigrants" are an absolutely essential part of the economy, performing jobs like picking oranges in the Florida heat/humidity, doing roofing work, washing dishes, etc This is what kind of gets me though. Supporting illegal immigration is supporting indentured servitude. I've especially noticed it in NYC, it boils down to "I'll support your right to stay here as long as I can still find a $6 burri…
$6 salary cannot support any family, even if you are living in the cheapest part of the country. Here is what illegals do once they get in,
Crime statistics: 611,234 unique crimes in Texas from 2008 to 2014
https://pjmedia.com/jchristianadams/2015/7/23/alien-crime-wa...
There are real innocent humans who suffer and pay price because some greedy wants cheap labor in his farm or restaurant. For these common people, illegals live among them and these normal law abiding and tax paying citizens unfortunately do not have high walls around their houses like elites in silicon valley, hollywood or upper west side of New York. Does anyone give that a thought? specially those who want sanctuary cities.
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SF weather isn't that great. It cold and foggy. Socal has much better weather, but it isn't silicon valley.
This is only true if you're right up on the Peninsula. The South Bay area where YC is located is gorgeous for a huge fraction of the year, and the East bay is at least far less cold than downtown SF.
Even the Peninsula (e.g. San Mateo or Redwood City) is significantly better weather wise compared to SF.
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Obviously this is a joke. In case it isn't: the war that would follow an attempted Calexit might be slightly detrimental to startups in the Bay Area.
Why would there be a war? Large parts of the country seem very resentful towards California. Seems like both sides would be happier without each other. Edit: I obviously don't think a Calexit will happen but I'm just curious why you think it would result in a war.
Even if there wouldn't be a physical war, there would be no reason to expect free trade, free movement, shared currency or a stable replacement currency.
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How will Vancouver improve its weather? California has a powerful draw...
In my opinion, Silicon Valley is what it is majorly due to the kind of people it pulls in. There are several other places in the world which have a much better weather than SV, but don't have this kind of an ecosystem.
I don't mean people move to SV because of the weather. But if Vancouver somehow manages to have interesting and innovating tech companies, lots of jobs, high paying jobs, it would still be missing one key ingredient that California has - lots and lots of sun.
Oh, and burning man. That might not be everyone's thing, but its culture permeates throughout the bay.
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I could make a strong argument, however, that a government seeking to strip the ability of states (cities) to have "sanctuary status" is fascist, or at the very least not very republican.
International borders fall under federal jurisdiction, so I don't think your point is as strong as you think, but I'll play this game... So, you support states rights? Tell me why abortion is a federal issue then?
> International borders fall under federal jurisdiction, so I don't think your point is as strong as you think,
Sanctuary cities don't change anything about international borders or who can enter the country, because international borders are federal issues with federal staff. Sanctuary cities refuse to make their local staff spend time and money reporting on immigration status every time they issue a parking ticket. It's not even a states rights question - nobody even suggests that city officials should check if you have paid your federal taxes every time you take to them, but that's not because (normal) people are objecting to a federally run tax system.