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don’t get why everyone’s pretending you need to live in silicon valley or a major metro area to tinker for 6 months. i saved enough from a year in silicon valley to support myself multiple years in other parts of the country.


The parent mentioned "hanging out and talking" (i.e. network effects) in addition to "try new things" (tinker).

Could the same effect be accomplished remotely? Perhaps, but TFA essentially claims otherwise.


IRC is kind of nice for that. As someone who grew up in the middle of the woods that was my substitute for hanging out in person and talking.


I think it's fear of unknown coupled with challenge uprooting. So many of us are tied down in our familiar big metro lives with a nice community but our kids will see so much pressure


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