Rochester, NY (roughly equal time away from Boston and NYC, legacy of engineering culture from Xerox, Kodak, ITT, etc. Low COL, high quality of life, manufactur

Rochester, NY (roughly equal time away from Boston and NYC, legacy of engineering culture from Xerox, Kodak, ITT, etc. Low COL, high quality of life, manufacturing base for physical goods, multiple universities, data centers with good connectivity) Perhaps of interest is this report from the Brookings Institution: Patenting Prosperity: Invention and Economic Performance in the United States and its Metropolitan Areas http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Research/Files/Reports/2013/02/patenting%20prosperity%20rothwell/patenting%20prosperity%20rothwell.pdf http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Research/Files/Reports/2013...