Toronto, or any other cities, would you want to be in the shadow of Silicon Valley and always follow whatever the trend is in SV? Or would you define your own c

Toronto, or any other cities, would you want to be in the shadow of Silicon Valley and always follow whatever the trend is in SV? Or would you define your own city yourself? There are this... um... communities or group of people... in Vancouver that tries hard to "be like Silicon Valley". At the end of the day, they only speak about "Social this and that" (Social Media, Social Gaming, Social Education, or just put "Social" with whatever comes along next) stuffs that has yet to be seen if they truly offers long-term values or solved problems.