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.'"

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Los Alamos

[metlin]

What about places like Los Alamos (LANL), Albuquerque (SNL, LM etc.) or Batavia (FNAL).

If by tech they only mean CS related stuff, then sure, that list makes sense.

But Los Alamos has some of the smartest and best people and has a lot of "real" tech.

I mean, if particle accelerators, rocket science and weapons tech. don't constitute real technology while AJAX is counted as a technology, I must be missing something.

"Circuit City sotres per capita"?!

[Anonymous Coward]

Surely that's a negative index. What an utterly useless franchise.

- chad