“Nerds love Orlando,” according to public relations materials I received this week from the city of Orlando, Fla. But as Orlando seeks to rebrand itself as “a high tech hub for innovation,” it faces a lot of competition.
In 2010, Chicago proclaimed its intention to become “the top destination for technology business.” In December, Citibank joined with The Huffington Post to declare that “you might be living in the next Silicon Valley” if you live in Chicago — or Miami, or Cincinnati or Chattanooga. Slate tracked “next Silicon Valleys” in 2013 and profiled two dozen cities that had been described as such, including Las Vegas, which received the distinction from Slate itself.
