FWIW, outside of the bay area, it's not nearly so easy to get access to capital anyway. Not trying to throw shade on anyone, but it seems far less likely that "ideas" that have no product, no users, etc. would be funded in the DC/Baltimore VC markets, but seem fairly routine over there.
Bootstrapping seems pretty much the same everywhere. Pare down your living costs, build a true MVP in your spare time, start selling in your even sparer time until you can either show enough traction for a small business loan or hope to catch lightning in a bottle with virality.
It isn't easy, it takes a lot of talent, persistence, and luck, but it isn't impossible, and if you can manage to build something people want, it isn't reserved purely to the capital class. Of course, it will always be easier for them to take the same idea, reach out to their network for capital, hire a team to implement it, and all of that increases their chances for success.
Bootstrapping seems pretty much the same everywhere. Pare down your living costs, build a true MVP in your spare time, start selling in your even sparer time until you can either show enough traction for a small business loan or hope to catch lightning in a bottle with virality.
It isn't easy, it takes a lot of talent, persistence, and luck, but it isn't impossible, and if you can manage to build something people want, it isn't reserved purely to the capital class. Of course, it will always be easier for them to take the same idea, reach out to their network for capital, hire a team to implement it, and all of that increases their chances for success.