Aside from the general machinations with which every city must deal—schools, utilities, crime, etc.—the single effort, the single desire that seems to unite modern cities is the idea that local prosperity and economic invigoration can be realized through nurturing a movement that lures and retains tech companies, engineers and founders. The idea, of course, is that this will lead the way to more tech jobs, more local economic productivity, and more brains flowing into the metro, with the chance that the next Facebook or Microsoft takes root. No city, save the Bay Area, feels totally secure with its tech credentials. Tech-minded civic leaders are constantly searching for ways their city can continue to work at building out tech, and climb the ladder of significant tech metro areas.
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