[ChrisNorstrom]

Clever, both financially and psychologically. If you plan on leaving after 10 years consider this, after a decade you will have built your entire logistics, business partnerships, network, staff, and support system in NYC. Moving out will be very difficult. You won't want to.

[yapcguy]

After 10 years, it's somebody else's problem - you should be on a beach sipping a cool drink!

[jusben1369]

I suspect most people understand the hook and motive of NY for doing this.

[anonymouscowar1]

Then you can just create a new, younger start-up and acquire the older one. Taxes fixed at 0.

Is NY trying to race to the bottom?

[Aco-]

and this is bad, why?

[aragot]

Chris Norstrom isn't experssing an opinion, he's analyzing the talent of NY in attracting startups and making sure they stay there.

HN isn't a tribune for opinions but a tribune for learning and deconstructing how the (tech) world evolves. Unfortunately on the internet, everyone thinks everyone is interested in sharing layman opinions or political POVs, but we already have Facebook for that.