I agree, those are good contenders. Dumb of me to omit the south. You did bring up population. Only the Texas cities have a higher population than Detroit. I know Austin has more cache in the tech scene than Detroit, do the others? I know they all have scenes, obviously, but I'll have to look at how they compare to Detroit's.
From my limited knowledge of other cities (like some of you guys with Detroit), only Austin really stands out as a tech hub. But then we face the population problem again. While over a million, it's still less than Houston and Dallas. Is there a minimum population? If it's 500k, that eliminates Raleigh and Atlanta, but Detroit's in the mix still.
Going by the criteria you mentioned previously - what tech majors think of the current scene and population - Detroit isn't at the bottom of either of those lists, nor at the top.
Maybe, but if the answer is yes then we shouldn't be talking about Raleigh and Atlanta. My point is there's no one stat we can look at. It's the amalgamation of things which is why I think Detroit should be in the conversation. If mass transit is weighted highly in Amazon's consideration, then Detroit should be disqualified.
Oh, and the Cali comment. I'm not wishing that or anything. I don't have a ton of faith, especially with our current administration, that we'll combat global warming until it really starts to destroy things. That won't be good for Cali. What do you mean "really with Cali comment"? The videos I've seen of the wild fires this past month alone is devastating. If conditions that breed that type of damage continue to worse, it makes sense to consider. At least I think so. Do the lawn restrictions laws in Cali not raise any concern about water to you? It's not offensive, it's just factual.
