Atlanta just doesn't have as many "crazy" people who are willing to take a risk on "stupid" ideas.
I found the same thing to be true of St. Louis, my hometown. People just aren't ready for new ideas - they'll spend hours telling you why you're an idiot when they don't understand what you're trying to do in the first place. I try not to even mention my startup while I'm there - I've even had people say they had religious objections to what I was doing. It's just nuts.
It's hard to understand the quality of the Bay Area startup environment until you actually live here for awhile - before I moved to SF I had this nebulous idea that it was where I should be, but in hindsight the difference is much more pronounced than that.
Here, you're almost in the minority if you don't have big, 'crazy' ideas.
I found the same thing to be true of St. Louis, my hometown. People just aren't ready for new ideas - they'll spend hours telling you why you're an idiot when they don't understand what you're trying to do in the first place. I try not to even mention my startup while I'm there - I've even had people say they had religious objections to what I was doing. It's just nuts.
It's hard to understand the quality of the Bay Area startup environment until you actually live here for awhile - before I moved to SF I had this nebulous idea that it was where I should be, but in hindsight the difference is much more pronounced than that.
Here, you're almost in the minority if you don't have big, 'crazy' ideas.