Is Europe's Silicon Valley a better choice than America's Silicon Valley?
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First of all, Berlin is not Europe's Silicon Valley, it might be Germany's Silicon Valley. Berlin is better if you compare rental prices but that's all.
From my point of view, it is quite obvious that workplaces and overall life in and around the Silicon Valley are much better. Berlin doesn't even enter in the top 5 German cities by wealth per individual.
Yes, Germans tend to be conservative, not readily taking risks.
Per capita even Portugal has more startups than Germany.
But I don't think startups mean much, frankly. Japan for instance has very few per capita, yet it has a solid economy. Most startups fail within just a few years, anyway.
I couldn't consider a country with low economic growth and a government debt to GDP ratio of 253% to be anywhere near "solid".
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