To those of you who've started a company inside the US but outside Silicon Valley, New York City, or DC, what drew you to your particular location? how well has your location worked out for you?<p>Those of you who _are_ in the valley/NYC/DC, would you consider starting up elsewhere if given the opportunity?
I don't know if you want to consider them a startup, but Dribbble[<a href="http://dribbble.com" rel="nofollow">http://dribbble.com</a>] is located in Salem, MA.
I work at Bellhops in Chattanooga, TN. We were able to raise seed locally, and Series A and B from Bay Area and NYC investors while sizably growing market share. It definitely depends on what industry you're trying to start a company in but it's worked out pretty well for us.