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    1. Harj Taggar‏ @harjtaggar Mar 2

      Harj Taggar Retweeted

      "The epicenter of tech in the Bay Area has moved over time from San Jose/Santa Clara (1970s-1990s) to Palo Alto/Mountain View (2000s) to San Francisco (2010-now). It will be interesting to watch if it sticks, or where it goes next in the Bay Area." https://twitter.com/eladgil/status/1366443509704630273 …

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    2. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg Mar 2
      Replying to @harjtaggar

      A significant part of the reason the center of gravity moved from Palo Alto to SF was that Palantir was taking up all the office space in Palo Alto. It will be interesting to see what happens now that that's no longer the case.

      8 replies 2 retweets 46 likes
    3. Chris Sacca  🇺🇸‏Verified account @sacca Mar 2
      Replying to @paulg @harjtaggar

      I think the impetus pre-dated that. The employees of peninsula companies were living in SF and commuting. As they spun out of their big co's to start stuff, they opted out of their commutes. YC accelerated the utility of very small "offices" aka "lofts."

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    4. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg Mar 2
      Replying to @sacca @harjtaggar

      There was definitely already some pull in that direction, but the moment the center of gravity shifted was when Stripe and Pinterest moved from PA to SF, and both moved somewhat against their wills because they couldn't find office space.

      2 replies 3 retweets 9 likes
    5. Saikat Chakrabarti‏ @saikatc Mar 2
      Replying to @paulg @sacca @harjtaggar

      FWIW, Stripe didn't move to SF just because we couldn't find office space. At that point, we were still quite small (about 20). There was quite a bit of push from staff within Stripe to move to SF because the staff was young, and SF was where the action was!

      1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
    6. Saikat Chakrabarti‏ @saikatc Mar 2
      Replying to @saikatc @paulg and

      In fact, I remember losing a few recruits because we were in PA and not SF, which helped us make up our minds. If being in PA was making us lose on talent, it seemed like a bad idea to stay there long term.

      2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg Mar 2
      Replying to @saikatc @sacca @harjtaggar

      Those people must be bumming that they turned you down.

      11:46 AM - 2 Mar 2021
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