"Edit: Victoria might be a great place to patio11 those industries with tools to service those businesses. But it wouldn't be the sort of place you'll grow the

"Edit: Victoria might be a great place to patio11 those industries with tools to service those businesses. But it wouldn't be the sort of place you'll grow the next Google, Xerox Parc, Microsoft* or Facebook." Total myth that's perpetuated by not looking at the history of great "start ups". Take some time to read about the history of extremely successful companies in the US and you will see locations such as Armonk, New York and Schaumburg, Illinois. Massive incredibly wealthy companies managed somehow to be created and continue to generate billions without paying California tax rates. Not only that but these companies are high tech and leaders in the fields. It's especially ironic that the field itself espouses mobility and connectedness on a global (not national) scale and yet, its followers all feel they need to live in the same city to get anything done.