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It's not really the west coast, I don't think there are that many people in Seattle, for example. I think you're mostly just referencing silicon valley? Government funding created Google, Facebook, and most of silicon valley as a mashup using university funding, low regulations, and venture capital. A lot of those existed (and still exist) in the bay area.
Los Angeles is huge but has little tech presence. They house the other government funded arm of the US government (Hollywood).
yeah mostly just meant the bay and Seattle, not the whole west coast. I feel like most people I know working in tech are in one of those two areas so interesting that you say Seattle is not that big for tech.
I forgot Microsoft is up near Seattle
Numerous spin-off companies and contractors...