[selimthegrim]

Akron is not devoid of contributions to industry (the university has cut some departments lately)

-signed, child of two UA alums who went to Caltech. I know another UA alum from my HS (https://www.linkedin.com/in/stanwang/) who has done quite well building venture backed companies.

[orange_joe]

I don’t doubt that many have achieved great things in Akron, but was rather arguing that the relative level of opportunity is lower in Akron (median income 23K) than SF (54k) or NYC (32K). The typical person is more economically productive in cities like NYC or SF.