[davidw]

If you want "manly weather", I think Alaska or Montana have more going for them, along with pretty much all of the West with or without good weather. Growing up in Oregon though, at a certain point I realized I could either spend my life being 'tough' about the weather, or actually enjoying it someplace where it doesn't suck. Making fun of Californians for being "sissies", as you put it, about the rain only goes so far in lessening it's disagreeableness.

It sounds like you're doing good work, which is admirable, but it seems as if you're fighting two battles - one to make your startup work, and one to make the place work. Fighting on two fronts is rarely a good idea.