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Top U.S. Tech Cities

Posted by Zonk on from the very-scientific dept.

srizah writes "Wired.com claims to have used a 'scientific methodology' to rate the top 10 tech towns in the US. They use some very reliable indexes, like 'Craigslist postings per capita' or 'Number of attendees at local meetings of dorkbot'. The usual suspects (Seattle, San Francisco) show up on the list, but some might surprise you. From the article: 'Raleigh-Duram - The jocks here may get worked up about college hoops, but the tech set is passionate about Linux distros and Mac-PC holy wars. North Carolina's Triangle is ground zero for Red Hat, SAS Institute, and an IBM center. Bonus: The area hosts two World Beer Festivals a year.'"

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  1. Nothing about Provo/Orem? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Come on, nothing about Provo/Orem? Home of SCO AND Novell? Nothing says tech like "Most mentioned on Groklaw".

    1. Re:Nothing about Provo/Orem? by Original+Replica · · Score: 5, Funny

      hey Mormon chicks are very frequently HOT, and tend to want lots of kids. Marrying a Utah lass might well be an upgrade and virus protection.

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    2. Re:Nothing about Provo/Orem? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      hey Mormon chicks are very frequently HOT, and tend to want lots of kids. Marrying a Utah lass might well be an upgrade and virus protection.

      ... and you can marry as many of them as you want!

    3. Re:Nothing about Provo/Orem? by DittoBox · · Score: 4, Funny

      Brigham Young, Brigham Often.

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    4. Re:Nothing about Provo/Orem? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      The "Bay Area"? As in the San Francisco Bay Area which is second on the list?

      I can see how you would make that mistake though... it's easy to get "missing" and "not missing" confused.

    5. Re:Nothing about Provo/Orem? by Jah-Wren+Ryel · · Score: 4, Funny
      hey Mormon chicks are very frequently HOT,

      Maybe to a basement-bound geek who has somehow managed to never discover any pr0n, much less meet a girl in person.

      Here's what Mark Twain had to say about mormon chicks:

      the Mormon women ... these poor, ungainly and pathetically "homely" creatures ... the man that marries one of them has done an act of Christian charity which entitles him to the kindly applause of mankind, not their harsh censure - and the man that marries sixty of them has done a deed of open-handed generosity so sublime that the nations should stand uncovered in his presence and worship in silence.
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  2. Methodology *hiccup* by Aeiedil · · Score: 3, Funny

    Does the scientific methodology involve personally sampling the beer festivals? Would be curious to see an equivilant evaluation in england heh :)

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  3. Re:Los Alamos by Idbar · · Score: 3, Funny

    What about Techny, IL? That sounds like a "tech" city to me!

  4. Things I would use to measure techie density... by joNDoty · · Score: 4, Funny

    Assuming we can measure these, of course:
    * PC boxes per capita
    * Bittorrent activity
    * Secured wifi networks per capita
    * Wikipedia contributors
    * Middle-aged men/women with same legal residence as parents
    * Slashdot accounts
    * Cowboyneal
    *...others?

  5. Yay, Mad Libs! by mrchaotica · · Score: 3, Funny
    What about Atlanta, Georgia?! It has Georgia Tech!!! Because I live here or went to school here, it MUST be in this list!

    Okay, who's next?

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    1. Re:Yay, Mad Libs! by IdleTime · · Score: 3, Funny

      Me!

      What about Orlando, Florida?! It has UCF!!! Because I live here or went to school here, it MUST be in this list!
      Wait.... never mind...

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  6. Re:Los Alamos by venicebeach · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe it's your definition of "city" that is different from theirs. ;)

  7. Re:Biggest Flamebait Story by geekoid · · Score: 1, Funny

    Because my dad would win, Gah.

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  8. Re:Copy and paste problems? by MadMorf · · Score: 2, Funny

    We've got IBM (10,000+ employees), Cisco, a small MS office, whatever MCI is now (worldcom?), Nortel, Ericsson, Red Hat, and tons and tons of start ups.

    Not to mention Network Appliance, EMC, Cree Semiconductor, Glaxo-Smith Kline, BASF, LabCorp, Quintiles, Bayer CropScience, Lockheed Martin, Northrup Grumman, the US Environmental Protection Agency Supercomputer Center and the Sanrio Hello Kitty Store at Crabtree Mall.

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  9. +1 Geek Points by khendron · · Score: 5, Funny

    Only a true geek would describe lovebird calls as "pinging."

    Well done! But you should have continued and called it the lovebird "handshake" protocol.

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  10. Frigid?? by Sax+Maniac · · Score: 3, Funny
    BOSTON... Winters may be frigid, but at least there are lots of single nerds to hibernate with.
    It was in the low 60s today here in Boston. Great timing, Wired.
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