Top U.S. Tech Cities

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.'"

Comments

Nothing about Provo/Orem?

[Anonymous Coward]

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

Re:Nothing about Provo/Orem?

[Original Replica]

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.

Re:Nothing about Provo/Orem?

[Anonymous Coward]

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!

Re:Nothing about Provo/Orem?

[DittoBox]

Brigham Young, Brigham Often.

Re:Nothing about Provo/Orem?

[Jah-Wren Ryel]

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.

Things I would use to measure techie density...

[joNDoty]

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?

+1 Geek Points

[khendron]

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

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