Silicon Valley Needs To Take Itself More Seriously*

Re:Silicon Valley Needs To Take Itself More Seriously* by officialchicken on Sunday April 08, 2012 @08:46PM (#3815397)

I often wonder what the culture of a third tech innovation hub would be like outside NY/SV (And I hate to say it, but Boston and NY are interchangeable for the purposes of cultural discussion).

The only cultural thread I've been able to pick up that is common to all the U.S. tech hubs is great baseball teams.

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Re:Silicon Valley Needs To Take Itself More Seriously* by prophetjohn on Sunday April 08, 2012 @08:53PM (#3815409)

I'm not sure what to make of the Giants being considered a great team, but it's probably not a discussion for here.

I kind of want to plug Austin, though, as the third tech hub. There have already been some successful companies come out of Austin and Capital Factory is trying to build a YC of Austin of sorts. With Austin being a top-5 fastest growing US city over the last 10 years[1], plus the awesome climate, relatively reasonable cost of living and UT's engineering program, I think the pieces are in place for some exciting stuff to happen here.

[1]http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2012/real_estate/1204/gallery...

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Re:Silicon Valley Needs To Take Itself More Seriously* by jedberg on Sunday April 08, 2012 @08:56PM (#3815415)

The problem with Austin though is that once a company gets successful, it moves to Silicon Valley, destroying any sense of community Austin might be building.

Austin is a great city -- they need to figure out how to get successful people to stay there.

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Re:Silicon Valley Needs To Take Itself More Seriously* by enjo on Sunday April 08, 2012 @09:20PM (#3815472)

Boulder/Denver certainly deserve mention. Home to Tech Stars and some big wins.

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Re:Silicon Valley Needs To Take Itself More Seriously* by _delirium on Sunday April 08, 2012 @08:58PM (#3815425)

I agree with all that except "awesome climate". I guess it's subjective, but average highs above 90 for four months out of the year is the #1 thing I don't miss about living in Texas! But, it'd be great to live there Oct-May.

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Re:Silicon Valley Needs To Take Itself More Seriously* by jabr on Sunday April 08, 2012 @09:06PM (#3815437)

Boulder, CO might be an example. My impression is a more outdoor/adventure culture than most.

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