I think you're talking cross-purposes. All else being equal, higher density has the edge in many aspects. But the smaller cities need to build themselves up, ra

I think you're talking cross-purposes. All else being equal, higher density has the edge in many aspects. But the smaller cities need to build themselves up, rather than (in the tech industry at least) everyone flocking to the one or two hotspots in any country. Why the industry isn't embracing remote work is a mystery to me. I'm fortunate enough to work for a distributed company and the single biggest perk to me is that I don't have to live in SF (or the USA, for that matter).