User: MickS

Not All The Great Jobs Are in CA or Big Cities

On: On Keeping Geeks in a Metropolitan Area

I agree with most of the stuff everyone wants. In fact, you can have your cake and eat it to in midsize cities. For example, where I'm from in Syracuse, NY you've got:

1. The 37th most wired city in the country, including DSL and cable
2. Syracuse University and others
3. No problem commutes
4. Great nightlife in Armory Square and excellent restaurants all over
5. The Syracuse Orangemen football and basketball teams
6. Theater, symphony, MOST (Museum of Science and Technology)
7. Great ski mountains - even close to Lake Placid
8. Never more than 20 minutes to the country
9. The Great Lakes and Finger Lakes, plus tons of smaller lakes
10. The city closest to where Bill and Hillary spent their 1999 summer vacation
11. GREAT JOBS

Tell me what you think and let me know if you want to know more!