[jbail]

Good article. It provoked a thought:

In an increasingly digital world, how long will physical proximity be an advantage?

The notion that a region could somehow have its own brand of patriotism centered around startup success merely due to density is somewhat difficult to rationalize. You can't deny SV's success relative to other technology hubs, but I'm wondering how far in the future physical proximity will continue to carry such a steep advantage

[uniformlyrandom]

> how long will physical proximity be an advantage

There is a number of articles and research papers on the subject. In short, distance matters even within the same building.