http://blog.bfccomputing.com/articles/2007/02/17/upper-silicon-valley en-us 40 My God, It's Full of Source! <p>Paul Graham writes an interesting essay, &#8221;<a href="http://paulgraham.com/siliconvalley.html">How to Be Silicon Valley</a>&#8221; which I think bodes well for the future of the Upper Valley.</p> <p>Checklist:</p> <ul> <li>nerds - more and more every day</li> <li>rich people - all over Hanover, Lyme, Norwich, Plainfield, and Cornish</li> <li>vital town centers - check</li> <li>small businesses - check</li> <li>minimal urban sprawl - check</li> <li>people walk around smiling - except in January and February</li> <li>affordable - a potential problem, getting more expensive</li> <li>tolerate odd ideas - Live Free or Die, Baby! Claremont was picked as the best place in America for the Free State Project.</li> <li>startups beget startups - Creare and Dean are doing well here</li> <li>attractive place to live - a matter of taste but I couldn&#8217;t stand the weather in Silicon Valley myself. Whimpy nerds can stay in Cali.</li> <li>culture - some from the College, Opera Houses, needs some work.</li> <li>excellent University - Dartmouth is really starting to get &#8216;tech&#8217;, a stark contrast from what I saw as an undergrad in the early 90&#8217;s.</li> </ul> <p>All in all, we&#8217;re in pretty good shape. Let&#8217;s do this thang.</p> Sat, 17 Feb 2007 15:37:00 -0500 urn:uuid:99f917e1-cc9c-4499-8560-9beb89eae1d7 Bill McGonigle http://blog.bfccomputing.com/articles/2007/02/17/upper-silicon-valley Local http://blog.bfccomputing.com/articles/trackback/165