[coreyw]

Why is it when an article is written talking about the downfall of Silicon Valley, or talking about other great tech oriented cities, that Chicago is hardly ever mentioned. Chicago is the third largest city in the country with a booming tech culture here.

[techsupporter]

I don't mean to sound flippant but is there any city of greater than, let's say, 100,000 people that's located in the United States that people would not say has "a booming tech culture?" Numerous posts on HN talk up, in alphabetical order: Atlanta, Austin, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit (yes, really), Fort Worth, Houston, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Nashville, Orlando, Pittsburgh, Portland, San Antonio, Seattle, and I'm sure I missed a few.

Simply put, I'd like to know the inverse, if nothing but sheer inquisitiveness: Let's say you either hate technology startups and want nothing to do with them, or you love them and want to make the biggest career mistake ever. What city do you choose?