[sethbannon]

I think the point that is (clumsily) trying to be made is that your average 'person on the street' in NYC isn't stuck in the tech bubble, and hence might give you more perspective. As a NYC founder, I certainly find this to be true. In Silicon Valley, you can live your entire life and rarely meet someone who doesn't work in tech. In NYC, you can't help but meet artists, writers, ad execs, people in finance, etc. These people are often your users, and interacting with them provides an invaluable perspective.

[redwood]

About to move to NYC (grew up in SV) and looking forward to experiencing this paradigm shift. I have grown to resent the hive mind around social networking and big data around my home town. The one thing I worry about is moving away from the hardware backbone that made SV great originally. I've been very happy to discover a lot of 3d printing and open hardware work going on in NYC at the very least, even if it's a little "softer" than some of the R&D out west.