[BookmarkSaver]

"People" also have to want to live there. And by "people" I mean there has to be at least some sort of general appeal of the location to a large portion of the population. Despite everyone's whining about the government or how obnoxious its residents are, California is a pretty great place to be, and was that way 40 years ago as well. Detroit has a pretty major stigma to overcome, and I doubt it could when there are plenty of other places with similar advantages and no stigma.

[st3v3r]

Agreed, the biggest thing is that people have to want to be there. Some of these places are getting a little of the SV success due mainly to generally being a desirable place to be, and getting a little push from the local government.