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It's not necessarily great. But for a variety of reasons, the momentum has been in SF's favor as the world's dominant technology hub. We might wonder what will
by freyr 11y ago
It's not necessarily great. But for a variety of reasons, the momentum has been in SF's favor as the world's dominant technology hub.
We might wonder what will happen this momentum is deflected. Technical talent will disperse, and we'll end up with a more distributed workforce? Or will it simply concentrate somewhere else?
Right now, the Bay Area is in an extremely enviable position: it has a high concentration of extremely profitable companies; it has a high concentration of highly skilled workers; it has a high concentration of wealth; and, except for housing, it's a desirable place to live.
The Bay Area's residents and local governments oshould be able to leverage these positive factors to maintain the strong economy while making the area a better place to live for skilled workers who want to set down roots and raise families. Of course, it's more likely that nothing will happen and living conditions will become less and less sustainable.
- wavefunction 11y agoOr a thousand seeds will be scattered to bloom in "out of the way places," creating employment and value for towns and cities all over the world. Of course, that might not be in the Bay Area's interest but they seem to be voting firmly against it already.
- timr 11y ago"But for a variety of reasons, the momentum has been in SF's favor as the world's dominant technology hub." I know this is ancient history, but I keep having to remind folks that the fetish for locating tech companies in SF didn't start until the late 1990s. Then it crashed, and didn't pick up again until the mid/late 'aughts. Viewed dispassionately, the "momentum" of SF as a technology hub looks more like a fad that happens at the peak of VC consumer investment cycles.
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