I work in Newcastle, live in Middlesbrough. It's becoming surprisingly strong for a developer community now, when I left Uni about 5 years ago there wasn't real

I work in Newcastle, live in Middlesbrough. It's becoming surprisingly strong for a developer community now, when I left Uni about 5 years ago there wasn't really much going on. There's a lot the North East has going for it, living costs are pretty spectacularly low in most parts, office space is cheap, there's reasonably strong transport links between the hubs (ish, it's still British transport). It's nice to see it being represented nationality, the focus often swings back to the London community. The biggest criticism I've heard it's there's a lack of angels and VCs but it feels like a chicken and egg situation. Do startups flourish in areas with a large amount of VCs, or are VCs drawn to areas with a large amount of startups? For those further interested there's also Sunderland Software City and the Middlesbrough Digital City project outside of Newcastle.