Marc Andreessen
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I'm very dug in on California.
I'm very dug in on California.
And so like, look, I am very keenly, I am not a Silicon Valley partisan in the sense of like, I think everything should be in Silicon Valley, or I think it'd be good if everything was in Silicon Valley.
And so like, look, I am very keenly, I am not a Silicon Valley partisan in the sense of like, I think everything should be in Silicon Valley, or I think it'd be good if everything was in Silicon Valley.
Like, I don't believe that.
Like, I don't believe that.
And I am a very, very keen student of all the issues.
And I am a very, very keen student of all the issues.
in Silicon Valley, and I could spend a long time taking you through them, you probably know them all already, but Silicon Valley has real issues as a place, including, by the way, just practical issues, cost of living, cost of housing, cost of transportation, commutes, and then when you get into politics, it's a whole other parade of horribles.
in Silicon Valley, and I could spend a long time taking you through them, you probably know them all already, but Silicon Valley has real issues as a place, including, by the way, just practical issues, cost of living, cost of housing, cost of transportation, commutes, and then when you get into politics, it's a whole other parade of horribles.
And so there are a lot of issues.
And so there are a lot of issues.
And then, look, San Francisco proper, there are a lot of issues.
And then, look, San Francisco proper, there are a lot of issues.
It's a city that 100% does not want to grow.
It's a city that 100% does not want to grow.
It's a city for which the voters, on average, do not want business to be there.
It's a city for which the voters, on average, do not want business to be there.
It's a city that has real issues for quality of life and so forth.
It's a city that has real issues for quality of life and so forth.