[wasdfff]

This type of thing is not cheap or easy for most companies. Who is expanding into these small ponds? Amazon, one of the largest tech companies on earth, and with a years long theatrical processs. Talent going to these communities was already passed over by SV university recruiting. There’s no urgency to get into these puddles when every 22 year old with a CS degree is willing to drop everything and come to you.

[Apocryphon]

The tendency for VCs to favor financial stability over audacity or innovation when making geographical choices is disappointing, agreed.