The issue is the taxes and the brain drain.  It&#x27;s impossible to keep people there (I&#x27;m a native of upstate NY and have recruited developers).  We kept losing people to NYC and West Coast based companies before we could even offer.  Anyone we did get who wa sworthwhile moved west as well (I did too).<p>Upstate has a lot of advantages (its a great place to raise a family), but has some massive disadvantages as well (the weather is one of them).  There isn&#x27;t enough tech to keep developers, because they know if your company tanks or fires them, the market isn&#x27;t very good.