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Milton Roark · 04-24-2008, 11:08 PM

I was being sarcastic. It is occasionally enjoyable for me to not take this forum seriously. Moreover, almost all of the firms you listed are in technology. My comments were related to finance, which the East Coast is stronger in. Princeton will also have a stronger alumni base in that region (Stanford would have a similar benefit in technology related companies on the West Coast). I never doubted the attractiveness of LA's (or California's for that matter) population. However, there is also a large amount of attractive people on the East Coast.
A Shark's game? That's a good way to maximize the cultural comparative advantage of California; going to a hockey game. They also like to do that in … Detroit. Neither Princeton or Stanford are in particularly interesting places. However, both are close (by train from Princeton, by car from Stanford) to relatively large cities (New York and San Francisco). As we all know, San Francisco has a severe inferiority complex about New York, see #91 San Francisco Stuff White People Like, specifically “When talking to a white person who lives in San Francisco, it is best not to bring up New York City. Though they live in a world class city, San Franciscans have a crippling inferiority complex about New York and even hinting at that will make them very sad or very defensive.” Somewhat like mentioning the superiority of the East Coast to California/ the West Coast (in the case of finance it's true.) Of course, it’s fairly easy to say New York is much more of a cultural capital than San Francisco, It is also a more enjoyable city in most respects (nightlife, shopping, dining options are all better in New York, but San Francisco does work very hard to keep up). I would also add that LA’s contributions to the world have been less than superb. It’s status as the leading manufacturer of pop culture is nothing to be proud of. Luckily, California redeemed itself by electing the governator.

04-24-2008, 11:08 PM	#12
Milton Roark Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Threads: 2 Posts: 380	I was being sarcastic. It is occasionally enjoyable for me to not take this forum seriously. Moreover, almost all of the firms you listed are in technology. My comments were related to finance, which the East Coast is stronger in. Princeton will also have a stronger alumni base in that region (Stanford would have a similar benefit in technology related companies on the West Coast). I never doubted the attractiveness of LA's (or California's for that matter) population. However, there is also a large amount of attractive people on the East Coast. A Shark's game? That's a good way to maximize the cultural comparative advantage of California; going to a hockey game. They also like to do that in … Detroit. Neither Princeton or Stanford are in particularly interesting places. However, both are close (by train from Princeton, by car from Stanford) to relatively large cities (New York and San Francisco). As we all know, San Francisco has a severe inferiority complex about New York, see #91 San Francisco Stuff White People Like, specifically “When talking to a white person who lives in San Francisco, it is best not to bring up New York City. Though they live in a world class city, San Franciscans have a crippling inferiority complex about New York and even hinting at that will make them very sad or very defensive.” Somewhat like mentioning the superiority of the East Coast to California/ the West Coast (in the case of finance it's true.) Of course, it’s fairly easy to say New York is much more of a cultural capital than San Francisco, It is also a more enjoyable city in most respects (nightlife, shopping, dining options are all better in New York, but San Francisco does work very hard to keep up). I would also add that LA’s contributions to the world have been less than superb. It’s status as the leading manufacturer of pop culture is nothing to be proud of. Luckily, California redeemed itself by electing the governator.