I was thinking about how there's always supposed to be "a new silicon valley" somewhere but it never really seems to materialize. What if Silicon Valley had arisen not in California but in New York. -Or perhaps in Boston, DC or Chicago? All of these places have certain potential to support tech industries. For example, Massachusetts has MIT and New York has obvious benefits in the area of talent, DC is of course the capital city and Chicago has always been a good place for industry. There are of course other places...
Anyway, if California is not the tech-capital of America, will it develop more slowly and rely on different industries (ie. agriculture)? I imagine that whatever already powerful city did become the tech-center of the world would become ever more influential than it already is.
Of course, I'm not entirely sure about the process by which silicon valley came to be as it is so maybe I'm ignoring some inherent advantage.
Any thoughts on this?
Anyway, if California is not the tech-capital of America, will it develop more slowly and rely on different industries (ie. agriculture)? I imagine that whatever already powerful city did become the tech-center of the world would become ever more influential than it already is.
Of course, I'm not entirely sure about the process by which silicon valley came to be as it is so maybe I'm ignoring some inherent advantage.
Any thoughts on this?