The top reasons why the Rio Grande Valley, Texas (RGV) is also a great option for both Venture Capital and Entrepreneurs to come relocate here when leaving Bay Area.

In no particular order: 1/start

1. It’s in Texas… enough said. The RGV is one of the fastest growing regions of Texas AND the United States. http://rubigroupcapital.com/rio-grande-valley/

2. In the two major counties in the Rio Grande Valley (i.e. 30 min drive radius), collectively we have 92,138 persons from the age of 24-29, which is the main segment of the population that normally startup companies according to @paulg : http://paulgraham.com/pgh.html 

3. Brownsville, Tx is known as a dominate force in the chess world i.e. indicative of the human capital potential. I agree w/ @chamath, “There were always many people who had the potential but we had artificial barriers that just prevented those people from getting to the top.”

4. According to @APompliano, “The best investments are almost always unpopular when you make them.” Brownsville is definitely unpopular at this point in time; however, some like Space X have seen the value and set up shop already.

5. It is a great test bed for disruptive innovation i.e. make affordable and accessible. Given the demographics and region, the 4 areas of opportunity are Health Care, Education, FinTech, and Climate Change. Entrepreneurs can work directly w customers instead of theoretically.

6. We’re the gateway to Mexico and other Latin American countries. We also share some of the best of their culture like being the hardest working i.e. grit:
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/hardest-working-countries

7. South Padre Island, Tx - We have the best beach in Texas and one of the best in United States… still very affordable to buy beach view properties or drive 20 mins from Brownsville.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Padre_Island,_Texas

8. Retail power cost is $0.066/KWH - may be good for bitcoin mining.

9. Lots of support of both local and state government for business and economic development https://brownsvilleedc.org/transparency/ 

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