<story><title>Sam Altman: ‘Too many’ Y Combinator companies raise money</title><url>https://venturebeat.com/2017/12/21/sam-altman-too-many-y-combinator-companies-raise-money/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>TuringNYC</author><text>If the artificially-created real estate &amp;quot;shortage&amp;quot; problem in the Bay Area was solved, lots of other problems would be solved.&lt;p&gt;- Companies raising money just to pay inflated (yet still insufficient) labour costs&lt;p&gt;- People who would love to work for startups but realize that most startup salaries barely gets you a studio apt, pretty cool until you have a family&lt;p&gt;- Companies who &amp;quot;cant find&amp;quot; talent&lt;p&gt;Is it any surprise companies need to raise so much funding, esp when operating out of the Bay Area?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>cjf4</author><text>To me this leads to a question about the Bay Area centric techno-spehere: at what point do the prices become so high that companies&amp;#x2F;ecosystems in other parts of the country become relatively attractive?&lt;p&gt;I understand that the SV network is a real and powerful thing, but holding all else equal (indulge me), wouldn&amp;#x27;t it make the cost of startups more attractive for all stakeholders if an  alternative, viable network were in Buffalo or Nashville or Boise or wherever? Is it just a matter of lack of coalescence?</text></comment>
<story><title>Sam Altman: ‘Too many’ Y Combinator companies raise money</title><url>https://venturebeat.com/2017/12/21/sam-altman-too-many-y-combinator-companies-raise-money/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>TuringNYC</author><text>If the artificially-created real estate &amp;quot;shortage&amp;quot; problem in the Bay Area was solved, lots of other problems would be solved.&lt;p&gt;- Companies raising money just to pay inflated (yet still insufficient) labour costs&lt;p&gt;- People who would love to work for startups but realize that most startup salaries barely gets you a studio apt, pretty cool until you have a family&lt;p&gt;- Companies who &amp;quot;cant find&amp;quot; talent&lt;p&gt;Is it any surprise companies need to raise so much funding, esp when operating out of the Bay Area?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>killjoywashere</author><text>San Diego&amp;#x27;s real estate is quite reasonable. So, kindly, stay in the Bay area. Please.</text></comment>