I guess that is why thousands of startups are running out of run-down brick warehouses covered in a swipe of fresh paint in some of the most seismically unstable areas of San Francisco; because people care that their companies are skimping on rent.

I was referring specifically to the skimping that reaches the level where it effects the talent.

Choosing functional real estate can certainly be fine. But what would you think of a startup that chose Oakland over SF to save even more money?