Yeah, never say never. One thing Charleston, SC has done/is doing is trying to become the tech startup hub of the entire Southeast (vs the med/bio hub), so you

Yeah, never say never. One thing Charleston, SC has done/is doing is trying to become the tech startup hub of the entire Southeast (vs the med/bio hub), so you might potentially be able to do something similar - startup hub of Southern California. Then get the government to go all out into providing the incentives, infrastructure, and social life necessary to attract such a culture. Oh, also check out Coalition for Queens, they're trying to turn Queens borough of NYC into a startup hub too: http://www.coalitionforqueens.org/ http://www.coalitionforqueens.org/ Maybe some more ideas there.