Is there a historical reason so much of the US tech industry is located on the west coast?
Is there a historical reason so much of the US tech industry is located on the west coast?
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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It's not really the west coast, I don't think there are that many people in Seattle, for example. I think you're mostly just referencing silicon valley? Government funding created Google, Facebook, and most of silicon valley as a mashup using university funding, low regulations, and venture capital. A lot of those existed (and still exist) in the bay area.
Los Angeles is huge but has little tech presence. They house the other government funded arm of the US government (Hollywood).
Microsoft started and is headquartered near Seattle, same with Amazon.
yeah mostly just meant the bay and Seattle, not the whole west coast. I feel like most people I know working in tech are in one of those two areas so interesting that you say Seattle is not that big for tech.
I forgot Microsoft is up near Seattle
- Microsoft
- Valve
- T-Mobile NA
- Nintendo NA
- Amazon
- Zillow
- Qualtrics
- Tableau
Numerous spin-off companies and contractors...
Los Angeles is more known for aerospace on the tech side of things.