It’s not a direct response to Vivek Wadhwa’s Boston = No. 2 post on TechCrunch the other day, but Jeff Bussgang offers up a nice counterpoint on his blog through the magic of slides, embedded above.

Among the pluses, Bussgang cites the usual suspects — apparently we’ve got some good colleges around here? — but also a few bonuses you don’t usually see listed: Boston Beer Co., maker of Sam Adams; plenty of quality companies from which to poach employees; and winter, which he markets as “four seasons of fun.”