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Re:Will Silicon Valley remain the best hub of tech in the ne... by refurb on Sunday June 25, 2017 @07:43PM (#14632891)
A great analogy might be the biotech industry. The Bay Area was dominant for most of the first 30 years. Much of the original research was done at UCSF and Genentech was the first biotech company.

SF is still doing well, but it's no longer #1 when it comes to biotech VC dollars. That title goes to Boston now. And I can say that working in the industry, Boston has much more buzz when it comes to biotech than SF at this point.

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Re:Will Silicon Valley remain the best hub of tech in the ne... by mhermher on Sunday June 25, 2017 @09:24PM (#14633329)
Where does San Diego fall in that list? Just curious.
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Re:Will Silicon Valley remain the best hub of tech in the ne... by refurb on Monday June 26, 2017 @08:07PM (#14641492)
San Diego used to be a hot-spot for Biotech. Back in the early 2000's, nearly every major biopharma company had a site in San Diego.

Most of them closed. Pfizer still has some R&D there. There are a couple mid-sized biotechs there, but it's be a rough last few years. Similar to Seattle.

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