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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NOVA seems to have an unhealthy, materialistic, status-obsessed culture. Personally, I would send my kids to school in another state just to get them somewhere that people are a bit more humble and thoughtful.

I'm not sure if Berkeley fits that description, but it's probably a healthier environment than UVA, even with the aggressively partisan political atmosphere. [/quote]
You haven't spent much time in Silicon Valley, I see.[/quote]
Even Silicon Valley cannot compete with NOVA in this regard. It's certainly competitive and expensive there, but it's not nearly as materialistic. It's totally socially acceptable to live in a small apartment, with no car, walk around wearing cheap clothes, etc. In NOVA, this would never fly. Part of that is the East Coast vs West Coast.[/quote]
The big difference is that the DC area is full of people who mistakenly think they are awesome - bunch of poseurs. The Bay Area has legit brilliant innovators. That's why *they* aren't humble. DC is just a joke. [/quote]
Moved to Silicon Valley where I live now from DC.  You guys don't know what you're talking about.  There are wonderful people and superficial people in both areas.  There are people who do genuinely valuable things and people who status shop in both areas.  I don't think there is a lot more inherent value in developing the next dating app or figuring out how to "disrupt" an industry by flouting regulations than there is in working on K Street...but that's just me, I suppose.

Honestly, I appreciate a lot more people who acknowledge that they aren't saving the world with their BigLaw partnership more than the people who think that their next app is somehow going to bring about world peace.  SV is fine if you want to be a technologist, but to think it's full of brilliant innovators is just a romantic fallacy.  As for poseurs, at least people in DC recognize there is value to what other people do; here, not as much.[/quote]

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