[jstepka]

The internet exploded post financial crash.

The iphone invented a whole new platform for ideas.

The economy moved substantially online during this time.

It was a transformative moment in technology being driven out of silicon valley / sf.

[ghaff]

I think that's true although I also think that the past decade has been a pretty good time to be in tech broadly. I'm not sure it's really specific to the Bay Area/SF although it may be more obvious there because of how concentrated it is. (And, as you say, an outsized amount of the most visible tech came out of (I'd say) the West Coast.