And I doubt that they'll get aggressive like their counterparts in other areas of the country. People in this region are tighter with their money and need to fully understand the lifecycle of a entity before throwing money at it, versus having an urgency to be an early-stage investor like you may have out in SV.

But if we're going to go through the numbers that this old chestnut provides: http://wadhwa.com/2011/03/04/boston-vs-silicon-valley-compar...