This dovetails with my experience from what I’ve heard in other points in the community, as I described in this comment:
There’s often a perception resources are only invested in projects based in the Bay Area, so trying to start projects with rationalists elsewhere and expect to sustain them long-term is futile.
Moving to Berkeley is still inaccessible or impractical for a lot of rationalists scattered everywhere that (especially if their friends leave) it breeds a sense of alienation and being left behind/stranded as one watches everyone else talk about how they *can* flock to the Berkeley. Combined with the rest of the above, this can also unfortunately breed feelings of resentment.
Rationalists from outside Berkeley often report feeling as though the benefits or incentives to moving to the Berkeley community are exaggerated relatives to the trade-offs or costs of moving to Berkeley.
This dovetails with my experience from what I’ve heard in other points in the community, as I described in this comment: