Where’s the Next Silicon Valley? VC Is Betting on the Midwest

Re:Where’s the Next Silicon Valley? VC Is Betting on the Mid... by exabrial on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @02:01PM (#15962986)

That's an extremely narrow worldview. The diversity of Kansas for instance in 2010 is an analog of the diversity of California in 2000 when the dotcom was happening (It's actually hard to make a direct comparison, two massively different economies and initial populations).

The major difference you might be alluding to is culture. I think in California major cities, it seems people react and demand quick action by the government to any perceived social injustice. In in the Midwest, I'd say perceived social injustices are usually corrected by community outreach, not government action. I think this is a major difference that should be studied. People in the midwest generally don't like the government in their business, as contrasted to the coastal cities, they appear to see it as the proper way to fix problems.

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Re:Where’s the Next Silicon Valley? VC Is Betting on the Mid... by dsfyu404ed on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @03:02PM (#15963686)

>People in the midwest generally don't like the government in their business, as contrasted to the coastal cities, they appear to see it as the proper way to fix problems.

You probably don't want to be the "next SV" if you want to keep it that way.

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Re:Where’s the Next Silicon Valley? VC Is Betting on the Mid... by exabrial on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @05:05PM (#15964839)

I chuckled, because some cities have gone that way, but then their cost advantage also did too. There's room for a healthy balance if people want to acknowledge and discuss some differences with respect to the other side's opinion. It's when we stop listening and looking for common ground when there are problems.

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Re:Where’s the Next Silicon Valley? VC Is Betting on the Mid... by mturmon on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @05:53PM (#15965211)

Tech job in LA and visit Kansas City, where I grew up, a couple times a year. Your analysis is lamentably parochial. There is no mapping between the "diversity" of Kansas in 2010 and that of California in 2000. Just not even close. Maybe there could be between California in 1985 (before I came here) and Kansas City now, that's how big the gap is.

The idea that attitudes toward "action by government" are significant in explaining the absence of tech from Kansas is nuts. The density of talent and the presence of tech-smart capital are controlling variables.

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