tech hubs

Silicon Valley types

Tech hubs are cities or regions known for concentrated technology industry activity—startups, established companies, venture capital, and skilled workers clustered together.

Silicon Valley remains the archetypal tech hub, but the term now applies to any area with a thriving tech ecosystem: Austin has emerged as a major tech hub, The city is positioning itself as the next tech hub.

Opposites
industry concentration

tech hubsmill towns

Settlements around manufacturing plants

factory towns · farming communities · fishing villages · company towns · mining towns

urbanization and development

tech hubsrural areas

Sparsely populated regions

remote regions · small towns · isolated communities · flyover country · the sticks

economic dynamism

tech hubsghost towns

Depopulated former communities

dying towns · Rust Belt · forgotten places

Family

hub, technology, technological

Familiarity
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Profile
Everyday, not technical · Rated G