[tonyjwang]

Hang out at top universities. People there are ambitious and always looking to work on stuff - and there's usually an event or club or two that you can attend where you can meet like-minded, action-biased individuals, even of you're not a student.

Hack-a-thons are also good.

[diminium]

I'm beginning to think a lot of my problems will be solved if I just moved ;)

Top universities are few and far in this area. There's a major regional university nearby but......