SV is rather provincial, as are Boston, etc, so it's a bit amusing that anyone would presume that NYC, with all its flaws, would suffer from some kind of SV-env

SV is rather provincial, as are Boston, etc, so it's a bit amusing that anyone would presume that NYC, with all its flaws, would suffer from some kind of SV-envy, that it somehow aspires to be one of those boorish enclaves. Certainly, NYC is glad it has a tech sector that is growing, but it a bit difficult to imagine a major city without a tech sector. The occupational diversity alone makes it a microcosm. A tech monoculture inspires images of a 21st century Lehigh Valley.