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a couple of guesses:

1. cost of living, though DC is still pretty expensive, the outskirts might not be so bad.

2. proximity to Virginia where there's some tech business out there

3. proximity to where all the VC of this fund are, AOL being McLean, Healthcentral being Arlington

4. that it really doesn't matter where you dev, it only matters when you pitch



>4. that it really doesn't matter where you dev, it only matters when you pitch

They do have a pitch day scheduled in Silicon Valley, which puts them a step above the other YC clones.




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