It might seem that way, but it's not really. Blue was underlining the fact that a host with a datacenter of its own is not necessarily better.
virtualwebc, like some other people, feels that you're not a host unless you invest millions of dollars to build and own a datacenter. That's his opinion, but fact is that the vast majority of hosts, including many of the better ones, don't have a datacenter. Also, the datacenters specialise in catering to these hosting business, not to the end user, meaning they focus on the dedicated servers market, not shared hosting.
It's a smart business decision to start small if you don't have the budget to start big.
Not all web stores are Amazon, you know? That doesn't mean they're not stores.
Some people look down on hosts that do not have a datacenter "like they do". Fact is that in the end it all comes down to the quality of the service.