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But everyone is here because everyone is here. The cycle likely started with National Semiconductor and grew from there. For me, I'm including Silicon Valley i
by city41 11y ago
But everyone is here because everyone is here. The cycle likely started with National Semiconductor and grew from there.
For me, I'm including Silicon Valley in "here". I live in San Jose and it's unbelievably crowded down here too.
- jseliger 11y agoThere is a field called Economic Geography that discusses these issues, and Edward Glaeser's The Triumph of the City is a good introduction to them. The short answer is that dense cities produce disproportionately more ideas (as measured in patents, peer-reviewed articles, and the like), GDP, and artistic output than less-dense areas. Cities appear to promote knowledge spillover effects and idea recombination. That's an answer to the grandparent post's original question too.