> But in the 60s Detroit was the tech capital of America and California was for movie stars, beatniks, and farmers. By the 60s, northern california was already

> But in the 60s Detroit was the tech capital of America and California was for movie stars, beatniks, and farmers. By the 60s, northern california was already a tech hub. Stanford university was around for nearly a century by then and initial inventment in silicon valley was already decades old as was the JPL. Also, nyc-metro was the tech capitabl back then. Bell labs was located right outside of nyc for a reason.