[noodle]

the city sounds nice. i'm sure its a nice place to live.

but i feel i could play mad libs on this one. there are many cities/towns like this across america.

the argument that you should be making is that you shouldn't automatically want to go to SV. if you don't need the resources (VC, talent, services, etc.) of SV to be successful, it would be cheaper and more effective to build a company in a smaller, inexpensive town.

which is, of course, true.

[racy_rick]

Small cities as a whole suck, but Duluth is like a small town with the amenities of a huge city. International Airport, full shopping mall, 2 universities, symphony, aquarium, tech schools, thriving downtown, you name it. There is talent as well and probably a lot less hotshot programmers like yourself.

Well, those other cities apparently don't have advocates.

This one does.