Just got back after the holiday break, and something hit me different this time. There's this weird magnetism to certain tech hubs that's hard to put into words.

Think about it - brilliant minds abandoning comfortable six-figure gigs halfway across the globe, packing their lives into suitcases, chasing something that doesn't even exist yet. Not for the weather. Not for the safety net. They're hunting for that electric feeling when you meet someone who gets your crazy idea before you finish explaining it.

What makes a place worth uprooting your entire existence? Maybe it's knowing that the person grinding at the coffee shop next to you might be building the next protocol that changes everything. Or that random conversation at a meetup could turn into your co-founder.

The real magic isn't the geography. It's stumbling into your tribe - people wired the same strange way, willing to bet years of their life on a vision most folks would call delusional. That kind of concentrated belief system doesn't just happen anywhere.