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    1. Star Simpson‏ @starsandrobots 13 Jan 2019

      Star Simpson Retweeted Austen Allred

      I recently revisited @paulg's essay "Cities and Ambition" to check on what it captured about SF in 2008, a city I knew at least in passing, thanks to an internship around that time: http://www.paulgraham.com/cities.html https://twitter.com/Austen/status/1084535647786827776 …

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      Austen Allred @Austen
      Imagine what Silicon Valley could be like if rent was a reasonable price
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    2. Star Simpson‏ @starsandrobots 13 Jan 2019

      2) What's interesting is that the "voice" of SF then was recorded in the essay as "you should live better" — however the SF I remember was about freedom of creative expression: "you should live as / be whomever you want to be."pic.twitter.com/Ao9STqnC7h

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    3. Star Simpson‏ @starsandrobots 13 Jan 2019

      3) I believe it is credible to argue that the spirit of Silicon Valley in 2008 now fully inhabits that which previously had its home in San Francisco:pic.twitter.com/zCJHrCoXfJ

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      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 14 Jan 2019
      Replying to @starsandrobots

      It's true, the center of gravity shifted to the city about when Pinterest and Stripe moved. But SF-as-SV isn't quite the same as Peninsula-as-SV was. SV on the Peninsula was pragmatic, understated, and apolitical. None are words you'd use to describe SF.

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        1. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 14 Jan 2019
          Replying to @paulg @starsandrobots

          The shift of SV was one of those cases, common in history, where the invader is the one who ends up being conquered. SV was captured by SF culture by moving there, just as the Romans who decamped to Constantinople were eventually captured by Greek culture.

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        1. Rachel Lees (April 2019-Oct 2020)‏ @rachelees69 24 Oct 2019
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          The SV-as-SV of the early and mid 90s was even more understated and makes Oracle/Siebel-as-SV look aggro as hell.

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