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> will begin to attract that talent which may not be happy about costs, education I don't think it's obvious that some of these areas will be able to provide t

• mc32 8y ago
  Those three main metros listed are not known to have great school districts [they do have a few great [primary] schools which do well, but are the exception].
• barry-cotter 8y ago
  It’s not about the quality of education. The educational institutes post date the industry cluster. Paris was a centre of fashion before fashion was studied in universities, ditto Nee York. Los Angeles was the place for movies in the states for three or four decades before film schools existed. New York was the home of American finance long before commerce or finance were more university centred than apprenticeship, if that’s even true now. Agglomeration economies of expertise lead to large, deep labour markets. I doubt California is much behind Boston in biotech research but the industry is all in the BosWash corridor, mostly near Boston.
  • mc32 8y ago
    Not Cal as a whole, but SSF is second only to Boston in biotech holding roughly 80% of Cal bioscience tech cos.