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Millionaires Cash Out Of California (blogs.forbes.com)
5 points by chaostheory on July 16, 2007 | hide | past | favorite | 4 comments


PG, you wrote the following some time back:

> What it takes is the right people. If you could get the right ten thousand people to move from Silicon Valley to Buffalo, Buffalo would become Silicon Valley. (http://paulgraham.com/siliconvalley.html)

If the millionaires are really moving out of CA, shouldn't this herald the move of a silicon valley type startup atmosphere to the city or cities millionaires are moving?


hmm not sure... I think if millionaires are moving out, it doesn't mean entrepreneurs are


The article wasn't completely clear about where these millionaires are actually living. One client saved nearly 100K/year by declaring a primary residence in another state (Wyoming). Does that actually mean he/she lives there?

Another thing - almost anyone who bought a modest house in a nice neighborhood in most of the bay area, los angeles, san diego, santa barbara... more than 15 years ago is probably a millionaire on paper. I have a feeling a lot of these millionaire cash outs are retirees tapping home equity.

But are high tech entrepreneurs, flush with a mil from their first success, eager to leave silicon valley and resettle in Wyoming? Seriously doubt it.


If it's just tax evasion they may still be living and doing business there. A Wyoming millionaire can invest in a California company.




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