This question made me scratch my head (in a good way). Do you think that it is easy to find productive people? Where do you live? The most obvious way on HN to

This question made me scratch my head (in a good way). Do you think that it is easy to find productive people? Where do you live? The most obvious way on HN to find productive people is probably to move into the valley, or a similar region, but that's a big step from most parts of the world. And then there is the huge shadow mass of brilliant programmers who aren't extroverted on the internet but that I'd love to have around me. They probably exist even in smaller cities or rural areas, but how do you find them?