How many of this “Silicon Valley comes to Midwest” article do we need ? It’s all feel good, but numbers don’t support it. And this PR move has been happening for 3-4 years at least. Just other day DoorDash raised $535mn and it is based in Palo Alto. SV startups continue to raise giant sums, grow businesses at global scale, and make their investors money.
You would be amazed at how much companies still value face to face collaboration even in this era of Slack etc. The salary deltas may be big yes but there's often a large premium on being in the office.
