[logfromblammo]

In nature, when a single-celled organism grows large, it divides. Silicon Valley--or more accurately the tech companies located there--needs to diversify geographically. It has gone beyond a critical mass and is starting to hurt itself and the surrounding communities from the excess.

The problem is that there are few other nucleation sites that a viable tech community can condense around. The major tech employers are not spreading out to lower their impact. There's no reason why 2000 employees all need to be on the same campus. There is no way in Hades you are cross-pollinating your divisions to that extent.

Spread out and invest in connectivity technologies that make talking across the continent as easy as over a cubicle wall.

[wf]

>>The problem is that there are few other nucleation sites that a viable tech community can condense around.

What? There are lots of places that could fill this role.

[logfromblammo]

30 is not "lots", in my opinion. I don't have the same freedom to choose my hometown that nurses or auto mechanics or plumbers enjoy. I'm stuck with a few metropolises and a handful of other areas. And some of those areas are predominantly government contract work, which are almost universally terrible.