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Re:Stripe to move to South San Francisco by wgerard on Thursday October 24, 2019 @09:20AM (#21344393)
> I mean this in as polite a way as possible, but why wouldn't established companies like Stripe just fuck off to another city entirely?

To be totally blunt, I also suspect a large part of it is that the founders would like to be in the bay area.

I don't mean that as a slight either - I think if you're spending a good portion of your life on something, you might as well do it in a place you enjoy spending time in!

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Re:Stripe to move to South San Francisco by randycupertino on Friday October 25, 2019 @12:24AM (#21351867)
> To be totally blunt, I also suspect a large part of it is that the founders would like to be in the bay area.

At my firm, the founders wish they could go back to NYC or east coast in a heartbeat, but tied to Bay Area due to funding connections and employee pool. I work a lot with Europe so I'd love to be on the east coast as well.

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