Writer, Agilist, Elder Geek
I know I go on about Megaregions, if only because it's an awesome name to use in a serious economic conversation. However, though I do take the concept dead seriously, I've come to the conclusion that if you're in or heading into a Megaregion, there's something else to consider.
What I call "Microregions."
I live in nerd central. I'm in Silicon Valley. I can WALK to the headquarters of important companies. I've found myself in random conversations with famous people in gaming. I have casual conversations with people about multi-million dollar deals. Local news here is international news on an economic and cultural scale.
This is one of those areas that I've been talking about a lot lately – the Megaregion. Those big economic/social/technical/industry clusters that seem to be the future of economic development.