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Booming tech sectors and real estate<\/a> often bond tightly. While the Bay Area continues to be the nation\u2019s most robust tech center, tech-driven areas are popping up elsewhere across the U.S.<\/p>\n Read more<\/strong>: Tech Trends to Embrace in 2017<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Indeed, more than two-thirds of tech workers now feel little or no need to live in the Bay Area, according to a recent article at Forbes.com. Instead, they\u2019re finding opportunities in the Northeast, South, or Midwest, where home prices tend to be cheaper as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n Forbes.com ranked 2017\u2019s tech meccas (the cities looking to one day overthrow Silicon Valley for the ultimate title). These top-ranked cities are:<\/p>\n 1.\u00a0Salt Lake City: <\/strong>It was recently ranked by Entrepreneur as the top startup destination, outside of San Francisco or New York.<\/p>\n 2.\u00a0Denver.:<\/strong> Tech workplaces are expanding quickly here, led by Google\u2019s $150 million office complex in Boulder, and the number of starts-ups are rapidly growing.<\/p>\n 3.\u00a0Atlanta:<\/strong> The metro area\u2019s total tech jobs have bloomed by nearly 47 percent since 2010, nearly 20 percentage points above the national average.<\/p>\n 4. Portland, Ore.: <\/strong>The tech community here is actually growing faster than its Silicon Valley counterpart, Forbes.com notes. Portland\u2019s tech talent pool increased nearly 30 percent from 2010 to 2013, topping Silicon Valley\u2019s nearly 10 percentage points.<\/p>\n 5. Seattle: <\/strong>CBRE named it the nation\u2019s third-best tech city in 2016. Tech employees continue to flock here. In Seattle, tech workers earn more than $110,000 per year, on average.<\/p>\n Source: \u201c5 Cities Poised to Become Tomorrow\u2019s Tech Meccas,\u201d Forbes.com (March 23, 2017)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [ad_2]\n
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