To be a tech hub, you need: - top-tier universities - a history of successful knowledge transfer projects between the academia and the industry - access to ca

To be a tech hub, you need: - top-tier universities - a history of successful knowledge transfer projects between the academia and the industry - access to capital (so you need to cater to these VC types and offer them something they want) - have a well-connected airport nearby - have some interesting people already living there (not necessarily tech-minded) - be reasonably pro-immigration Boston, NYC and DC, if somehow merged into one city, could fit the bill. None of them by their own can. And nobody else except Bay area, of course.