[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.