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Is there a historical reason so much of the US tech industry is located on the west coast? (hexbear.net)
submitted 11 months ago by rootsbreadandmakka@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
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I feel like everyone I know that works in tech lives in the bay or Seattle. NYC as the center of finance makes sense to me, DC as the center of gov't obviously, Boston/New England as a center of learning also makes sense, but why have these places ended up as the center of tech?

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[–] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 8 points 11 months ago

Maybe it's related to ARPANET, the predecessor of the Internet. Three of the four access points are universities in California in the cities of LA, Santa Barbara, and Stanford.