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by drzaiusapelord 3655 days ago
>Chicago

Yeah this isn't happening. We're way too corrupt and taxation heavy for any serious entrepreneurs. Hell, pretty soon Uber and Lyft will be illegal here as the Aldermen just passed a bill to pretty much elimated them via punitive regulation. The tech talent in the midwest immediatly leaves for the coasts, leaving second stringers and die-hards. I can't think of any reason of staying here once you get something off the ground and have basic funding. Even if its a wash economically being this far away from East and West coast tech investors is unpleasant, not to mention the horrible winter and crime epidemic.

>Russia

Skolkovo, Russians SV, failed: In 2009, Moscow unveiled an ambitious plan to build a world-class technology incubator. Then corruption, brain drain, and Putin killed it.

http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/05/06/the-short-life-and-speed...