Startup hubs are in cities, because living in a large, dense population allows you to easily meet more people who share your interests/skills/motivations. Peopl

Startup hubs are in cities, because living in a large, dense population allows you to easily meet more people who share your interests/skills/motivations. People in cities (as compared to people living in less densely populated areas) skew towards favouring government-provided services. In the US this is deemed “liberal” and its opposite is deemed “conservative”. They are correlated, but I don't think either of them causes the other.