That's good really. The speaker lists always seem better for the California one, and the space is more conducive.
Out of curiosity, from what you can tell, has the economy affected the gap between the two locales at all? Did the already timid Boston investors just give up entirely? Or has it been pretty proportional?
Hard to say, because the number of deals with Boston investors has always been so small as to be statistically insignificant.
Boston VCs may actually be more interested in YC alumni lately, but I think that's because they only recently discovered YC.
With angels it's even harder to tell, because the Boston angel community is even weaker than the VCs. If I recall correctly, only one YC alum has been talking to a Boston angel lately, and he backed out of the deal in a pretty lame way. But with only one data point it's hard to say whether it's Boston, or the economy, or just that guy.
Out of curiosity, from what you can tell, has the economy affected the gap between the two locales at all? Did the already timid Boston investors just give up entirely? Or has it been pretty proportional?