[HN Gopher] Is Silicon Valley's golden era coming to an end?
       ___________________________________________________________________
        
       Is Silicon Valley's golden era coming to an end?
        
       Author : elsewhen
       Score  : 14 points
       Date   : 2022-09-17 19:38 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.theguardian.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.theguardian.com)
        
       | metadat wrote:
       | Snapchat doesn't even have a Bay Area office. Also, since when is
       | bracing for economic realities a sign that the entire organism is
       | dying? It doesn't, this article is simply capitalizing on FUD.
       | 
       | As long as Sandhill road remains fully occupied by VCs, the gravy
       | train will continue.
        
       | peyton wrote:
       | Anecdotally the risktakers have mostly left for NYC or moved
       | overseas. The region's best days may be behind it.
        
         | thfuran wrote:
         | Where's the new SV, or do you mean there's been something of a
         | global diaspora?
        
       | enviclash wrote:
       | Now, what about all big cities investing in SV-like start-up
       | landscapes? Some took 30 years to build.
        
       | aplummer wrote:
       | Dramatic valuation drop at Apple?
       | 
       | How much research goes into an article that leads with that.
        
         | throaway222 wrote:
         | The Guardian is generally garbage but AAPL share price fell 17%
         | today so the real question is how much research has gone into
         | your comment?
        
           | whitepoplar wrote:
           | But AAPL didn't fall 17%. It fell 1.1%, yesterday, as markets
           | are closed today.
        
       | Apocryphon wrote:
       | In the end, it all comes down to interest rates, but news on that
       | front seems to have gone quiet for the past month.
        
         | adammarples wrote:
         | The FT today says recent inflation reports point towards a 1%
         | rise next, with economists predicting rates of over 4%
         | throughout 2023
        
       | defart wrote:
       | "Americans don't really like big things - people get worried
       | about concentrated power," O'Mara said.
       | 
       | Hmmm....Okay? (not American)
        
       ___________________________________________________________________
       (page generated 2022-09-17 23:02 UTC)