Merits of the article aside, I'll have to agree with this. Hopefully not offending anyone here, but I often find myself driving down 101 and looking at lifeless office complexes with little to no charm. Yes, the weather is great, but this area is too spread out. There's also very little here as far as places to walk around, not much to do at night if you're past the drinking stage...
Have you ever seen Hong Kong? or even New York? We'll never have that here because people value suburbia. Does this mean that all the talented minds here also enjoy suburbia, or that they're only here because of amazing opportunities that brought them in, and loathe suburbia as much as I do?
Having lived in the bay area (both in sunny suburbia and shady SOMA) for many years, I really appreciate living now in an Asian city with safe streets, excellent public transit, busy nightlife, and a 7-11 or Familymart on every block.
Have you ever seen Hong Kong? or even New York? We'll never have that here because people value suburbia. Does this mean that all the talented minds here also enjoy suburbia, or that they're only here because of amazing opportunities that brought them in, and loathe suburbia as much as I do?