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Silicon Valley’s tech monopoly is over. Is the future in Austin, Texas?

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Re: Silicon Valley’s tech monopoly is over. Is the future in Austin, Texas?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

The list was examples, and not exhaustive. It's also true in Arizona, Ohio, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, and probably a bunch of other states that I'm less familiar with. My point stands, though. The Texas thing is still a stereotype, and still at least a decade out of date.

> The Texas thing is still a stereotype Look into the latest abortion law, and voting law charges and statements from Texan politicians and …

Maybe Texas should be more like California, which banned same-sex marriage repeatedly through both popular votes of the public (Proposition 8) and its legislature (Proposition 22).

People in stone houses shouldn't throw glasses.

Re: Silicon Valley’s tech monopoly is over. Is the future in Austin, Texas?

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The article contradicts its hypey headline: To be sure, the Bay Area has such a deep reservoir of tech talent, money and infrastructure, not to mention the climate and the ocean, that it won’t be easily knocked off its perch.

Seems like yet another clickbaity article. How many times have we seen this same story with different geographies? Every town on the planet with an internet connection and a chamber of commerce has named itself Silicon Prairie (at least three of them), Silicon Bayou, Silicon Gorge, Silicon Water, Silicon Alps, Silicon Glen, Silicon and on and on.

I was always a fan of the nine (+) different Silicon Beaches

Isn't every beach covered in silica?

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