Upper Silicon Valley?
Paul Graham writes an interesting essay, ”How to Be Silicon Valley” which I think bodes well for the future of the Upper Valley.
Checklist:
- nerds - more and more every day
- rich people - all over Hanover, Lyme, Norwich, Plainfield, and Cornish
- vital town centers - check
- small businesses - check
- minimal urban sprawl - check
- people walk around smiling - except in January and February
- affordable - a potential problem, getting more expensive
- tolerate odd ideas - Live Free or Die, Baby! Claremont was picked as the best place in America for the Free State Project.
- startups beget startups - Creare and Dean are doing well here
- attractive place to live - a matter of taste but I couldn’t stand the weather in Silicon Valley myself. Whimpy nerds can stay in Cali.
- culture - some from the College, Opera Houses, needs some work.
- excellent University - Dartmouth is really starting to get ‘tech’, a stark contrast from what I saw as an undergrad in the early 90’s.
All in all, we’re in pretty good shape. Let’s do this thang.
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