Just wanted to chime in to say that in SF if you have a parking permit you can park in some spaces for up to a week until street cleaning. When I had a car I would have gladly paid someone $15 to get a spot on my street on a Thursday knowing I could leave it there until Wednesday. Spots open up all the time but are filled quickly. I'm not defending the app, but there's definitely a (small?) market for something like that here.
Weather, weather, weather. The "silicon beach" is 10 to 15 degrees cooler than downtown on a summer day with noticeably less smog. For many the west side is where its at,
I agree weather is an important factor. I live on the west side, about a mile from the beach, and commute to Culver city by bicycle. I'm lucky there is a bike path that accommodates me in the least bike accommodating city.
To the previous commenter's point: Culver City has it all in terms of food, rental space, and access to the (albeit lacking) LA Metro.
Yeah, the Expo Line puts Culver City in serious competition now too. That would be my top pick for anyone looking to start a company in the LA area. Koreatown could be interesting for slightly more adventurous people. Downtown's rents have skyrocketed now that it's become a desirable place to live, but office space is still cheap, and living space rents are still a lot cheaper than Santa Monica or Venice.
It can be too cold at times. The (SF) Valley is horrible, Westside a bit chilly... Hollywood to Downtown perfect, best weather in the world (unless you like rain).
> Westside a bit chilly... Hollywood to Downtown perfect, best weather in the world
Do you exercise outdoors? Would you seriously prefer to run at Griffith Park rather than on The Strand?
When I lived in LA, everyone who preferred the weather east of the 405 didn't exercise outdoors (if at all). They would ask, "Isn't the weather beautiful today?" after walking for less than 30 seconds from their air conditioned car to our air conditioned office.
(I've long since moved from LA to the Pacific Northwest, where I can work up a comfortable sweat hiking Mount Rainier.)
I ride my bike up to the Observatory a few times a week.
There is a stretch from Aug to Sept or so where I need to be done by 11am (or start late afternoon). Every year is a bit different though... sometimes there is not much of a winter, sometimes the summer is mild, sometimes almost hellish... luck of the draw I guess.
In any case I can usually count on about 3/4 of the year being sunny, 80F, and low humidity. I've traveled but have not seen better.
Its possible they were both aware that this would be published in part or in full at some point. They may have speaking to an unknown audience as much as each other.
> Schmidt and Cohen requested the meeting, they said, to discuss ideas for "The New Digital World", their forthcoming book to be published on April 23, 2013.
