In a recent conversation, Gina Blaber of O’Reilly Media asked me about my perception of DC vs. NYC in terms of the populace’s level of tech-savviness. I spend a lot to time in both cities, and am in the process of opening a NYC office as we speak. I ventured to guess that on a percentage basis, DC had a greater concentration of web technologists per capital, but that NYC more than likely had a greater absolute number.
I thought it might be interesting to use Google Insights for Search to try to uncover some empirical evidence to backup my reasoning. The following slides are surprising to a certain extent – and I welcome any recommendations on better methods for trying to figure out which cities are the most tech-savvy.
You can download the full PDF here.
Tech-savvy City Rankings July 2009
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pretty funny typo: “DC had a greater concentration of web technologists per capital”