Top 20 New Economy Hotspots in the U.S.

1. Silicon Valley & Multimedia Gulch
Silicon Valley specifically includes Palo Alto, Mountain View, Menlo Park, Milpitas, Los Altos, Sunnyvale, Cupertino, Fremont, Santa Clara, and San Jose, California (San Jose is also known as Silicon Gulch); Multimedia Gulch is San Francisco, California.
Nearby areas include: Silicon Vineyard (Petaluma / Santa Rosa / Napa Valley).

2. Silicon Alley
Silicon Alley is considered all of Manhattan (New York, New York), however it specifically refers to the area from 28th Street to Spring Street along Broadway, and three blocks East and West of Broadway along that stretch.
Nearby areas include: Silicon Island (Long Island) and Silicon Parkway (the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey).

3. Digital Coast, Hollywired, and Siliwood
Los Angeles, California goes by several Siliconia names (including Media Del Rey).
Nearby areas include: Silicon Beach (Santa Barbara), Biotech Beach (Orange County), Telecom Beach (San Diego), Cyberchella Valley (Coachella Valley from Palm Springs to Thermal), and the entire Southern California region is generally known as Silicon Freeway.

4. Cyber District
Boston, Massachusetts, specifically the area of downtown Boston between Summer and Congress Streets, near Fort Point Channel.
Nearby areas include: Silicon Necklace (suburbs of Boston), Silicon Village (North Adams), Silicon Mountain (Hudson), Silicon Hill (the area around Hudson), Silicon Sandbar (Cape Cod), and the Dot Commonwealth (Massachusetts in general).

5. Silicon Rain Forest
Seattle, Washington and the overall Puget Sound area.
Nearby areas include: Silicon Island (Whidbey Island) and Silicon Orchard (Wenatchee Valley).

6. Silicon Holler
The area of northern Virginia and the suburbs of Washington D.C.
Nearby areas include e-country (Fairfax County), Silicon Dominion and Silicon Plantation (Virginia in general).

7. Silicon Gulch and Silicon Hills
Austin, Texas is known as Silicon Gulch but locals refer to the area as Silicon Hills (the hills west of downtown Austin where Apple, Motorola, and IBM developed the PowerPC chip).
Nearby areas include: Telecom Corridor (Richardson, north of Dallas).

8. Silicon Mountain
Silicon Mountain specifically refers to Colorado Springs but it also includes Denver and Boulder, Colorado.

9. Silicon Forest
Portland, Oregon is known as Silicon Forest. Silicon Forest is not near Seattle, rather it is the area around Route 26 west of Portland, Oregon (where Intel and many other high-tech companies are clustered).

10. Silicon City and Silicon Corridor
Silicon City specifically refers to Chicago, Illinois whereas Silicon Corridor generally refers to the city's western suburbs along I-88.

11. Smart City
More commonly known as The Athens of the South, Smart City refers to Atlanta, Georgia.

12. Silicon Snowbank and Silicon Tundra
These nicknames refer to Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota and the surrounding areas.

13. Silicon Bayou
More commonly associated with Louisiana, the new economy hotspot referenced here is Boca Raton, Florida.
Nearby areas include Silicon Swamp (Indiantown and Perry, Florida).

14. Philicon Valley and Silicon Valley Forge
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania goes by these two nicknames.
Neaby areas include Silicon Mountain (not to be confused with Colorado, this refers to Mountaintop, Pennsylvania).

15. Silicon Triangle
The area around Raleigh / Durham, North Carolina.
Nearby areas include Telecom Valley (Catawba County, North Carolina).

16. Silicon River
Primarily referring to Kansas City (both Kansas and Missouri) it also includes Columbia and the St. Louis corridor in Missouri.
Nearby areas include: Silicon Prairie (Lincoln, Nebraska; Payne County, Oklahoma; Urbana/Champaign area of Illinois; Sioux Falls, South Dakota; and Iowa City/Fairfield vicinity, Iowa).

17. Digital Rhine
This specifically refers to the Over-the-Rhine area in Cincinnati, Ohio.

18. Silicon Desert
This specifically refers to Phoenix, Arizona.

19. e-coast
This specifically refers to Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

20. Silicon Hollow
Both Nashville and Oak Ridge, Tennesee claim this Siliconia nickname.

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