[paradite]

> Creative people don't thrive here. Ask 100 creative people in China if they'd like to move to Silicon Valley, and you'll likely get an 75% migration rate. That's even higher than the percentage of rich Chinese who want to leave.

Use assertion as some statistics and compare it with another statistics? That is not how to prove a case.

[elbear]

I'm always baffled when people are downvoted for asking for more than anecdotal evidence.

[specialist]

I'm always baffled when the commentariat is expected to provide rigorous reproducible double-blinded academic, multiply sourced, incontrovertible hard evidence for their opinions.

This is a comment board, not a pendant's paradise.

[bogomipz]

Agreed. I'm also baffled that when people are downvoted for meaningfully trying to take part in a discussion.