[rms]

I've lived in Berkeley for three years and love the lifestyle and the weather. I pine for the city sometimes but recognize that I don't want to lose what I have here. And this place just opened around the corner. http://www.yelp.com/biz/rangoon-super-stars-berkeley

Berkeley has not coalesced as a software startup hub because city zoning policies discriminate against software companies. Large swaths of real estate are reserved for food production companies and some biotech space. Definitely start your food companies here, and there are small built out lab spaces available here if you're doing biochemistry.

Eventually zoning policy will change and then Berkeley can more firmly integrate itself into the greater Silicon Valley.