That’s arguably ending and dwindling down.
I hope people in Texas and Florida, maybe the Georgia, Colorado and Carolina make a stiff competition with California. It’s good for CA and good for United States.
Plus, same time zone, for the most part.
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2021/06/12/portland-...
Portland and Seattle are becoming filthy and trying to destroy themselves. I'd rather not have the same policies empowering the next age of innovation in USA. There are much better places, and much better cities than what's happening in west coast.
The nice thing is that nature will find its way, there is no skirting around the truth of what's happening.
Bend, OR is perfectly pleasant, for instance.
I'll also say that San Fransisco's reputation has taken many hits for similar reasons. Its not a zero sum situation.
Just to reiterate, I did say Pacific Northwest, not just those two cities. There are great amazing places in both.
Just outside of Portland for instance is Hilsboro, Beaverton etc.
Regardless, living in a proto-shanty town should no longer be tolerated.
Those global places have world class universities that are real "threats" to California's university (Caltech, Berkeley, Stanford, etc.) and capital axis (Sand Hill et al) in the way the domestic places you mentioned are not.
I would actually say that Boston is one of the more viable tech hubs for exactly that reason.
