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Ryan Carson responds to Paul Graham on startup hubs

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Re: Ryan Carson responds to Paul Graham on startup hubs

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It's even harder to move to Europe as an entrepreneur for someone who is neither in the US or EU.

You're right, that's why i think european policy makers need to change that

European policy makers - or at least the ones I've been exposed to - generally have their heads pretty far up their asses in terms of the modern world. The nordic countries seem to do things a little better, however, they have some fairly strong reasons to not throw open the borders. Citizenship in those countries is the most valuable thing a lot of the poorer people own.

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There's only one way to really settle this. MORTAL KOMBAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've been hearing a lot of talk about entrepreneurs moving AWAY from Silicon Valley too due to the overwhelming competition for talent and sky-high cost of living. Not to suggest SV is going away, but I wonder if you'll start seeing some activity in "tier two" cities that have solid infrastructure. I'm thinking Raliegh/RTP for example. Even Google is exporting some of it's operations to make finding talent easier. Ag…

The Silicon Valley Leadership Group actually ranked Silicon Valley at the bottom of their technology hub list for reasons such as you suggest. The NC Research triangle was first.

http://blog.usweb.com/archives/silicon-valley-last-among-tec...

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