Reply #135: I might be a bit biased but.... NO. CAL & SF BAY AREA HANDS DOWN!

[SF Bay Area Dem]

The greater nine county San Francisco Bay Area wins hands down as the most progressive area of the country...

When I travel to my corporate HQ in Charlotte the guys give me a hard time about the "libruul" Bay Area... My reply is usually something like this:

1. If the nine county Bay Area was it's own country would have the 21st largest economy by GDP in the world (not bad for a bunch of "libruuls"...)
2. Is the worldwide leader and ground zero for:
a. Computer and hi-tech
b. Nanotechnology
c. Biotechnology
d. Telecommunications
c. Stem cell research
e. Technology related venture capital related leader
f. After Wall St. (another blue area) Sand Hill Road (Palo Alto/ Menlo Park) and Montgomery St. (San Francisco) leaders in finance.
g. Over 190,000 companies
h. Some of the best Universities in the world
I. World Class wine producers
J. Considered gateway to the pacific
K. Opera and Symphony

Anyway I think you get the point... I am probably missing some items but it is my belief that the Bay Area wins hands down.