Why San Francisco takes young builders seriously like nowhere else
alvelda · x · 2026-10-20
The quoted thread argues San Francisco has a trait no other city offers: an unusually low barrier to being taken seriously. A 20-year-old in flip-flops might be building the next billion-dollar AI company, and this culture of radical open-mindedness toward ambition reshapes how people treat each other. The reposter agrees it's a defining Bay Area quality.
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