Don’t laugh. It’s got a major international airport, cheap housing, major league sports and culture. It’s close to a world class university, great natural areas and another country. The urban pioneers who enriched other cities are increasingly priced out of them, and are mobile. State and local politicians must actually improve the place in order to steal from it. Private money is coming it. It’s a blank canvas ready for experimentation. And now it’s got buzz.
The next Silicon Valley?
Larry Ribstein, The next Silicon Valley?, Truth on the Market (July 04, 2011), https://truthonthemarket.com/2011/07/04/the-next-silicon-valley/