I've been magnetically attracted to big cities for as long as I can remember: always larger, busier, noisier. Never really knew why. Am I trying to "unprotect" myself? Looking for truth or realness?https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1141693876618649600 …
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Little known fact; “there’s a PG essay for that” is the new “there’s an XKCD for that” (which is probably the nerdy version of “Simpsons did it first”)
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Thank you for this essay! It was instrumental in making me move to the Bay Area in early 2012 after attending startup school. Life changing.
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"You'll probably have to find the city where you feel at home to know what sort of ambition you have."
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How quickly can the message of a city change? Significant differences between May 2008 to June 2019. Has SV’s center of gravity moved? What impact will a local housing crisis create?
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Has the rise of Tech and public opinion of finance shifted the message of NYC?
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“Maybe one day the most important community you belong to will be a virtual one[...] But I wouldn't bet on it.” Have you changed your mind about this in the last 10 years? Could Dropbox, Zoom and Slack help bring Florence to all the greatest artists of the world?
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“It's probably the place in America where someone from Northern Europe would feel most at home. But it's not humming with ambition.” Just
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