“People want to live in a city. Los Angeles is a diverse city. If you go to a party in Los Angeles, you might meet an actress. But you might also meet someone who works in avionics, a manufacturer. San Francisco is a one-industry town. You don’t meet anyone outside of the tech bubble, and that makes it hard to realize what real people want.” Stephen Elliot got someone from LA to call SF a one-industry town. For that reason alone, you should read his entertaining piece on the tech scene in Venice. Money, murder and sadomasochism: A journey into the hidden world of the Los Angeles tech boom.