[simonsarris]

Yes, though its possible that doing so might make the numbers even worse for Israel /Tel Aviv in the comparison.

To be really fair we have to compare roughly the same population density areas I suppose. But if we're asking ourselves if "Israel" (which may be too nebulous and maybe we should say "Tel Aviv") is the next Silicon Valley, and we can point to any region that has a greater concentration of startups (aside from silicon valley), then the premise of the title becomes a little odd.

In other words, its worth asking if the map actually presents an "amazing concentration" or simply a normal-for-a-tech-metro-area concentration. Maybe it is amazin, but maybe its simply a "just plain average" concentration.

And so I'd love to see more data here, because I would guess that its not particularly out of line with NYC/Boston/etc and, if anything, the concentration in those metro areas is greater.

[yossilac]

But Israel is not a tech-metro-area, that's my point. Roughly 60% desert with sparse population in the south, and rural areas in the north. The tech scene is almost exclusively in Tel Aviv/Herzlia/Haifa.