<p><pre><code> Does all of the "great" Web technology only come out of California? Absolutely not. I am going to have a lot more on this topic early next week.
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I read PG's "Hackers and Painters" recently and I think he already answered this question with his analogy with regard to renaissance painters - and personally I think he (Paul) is right.<p>Take a step back from tech and lets talk about movies for a second. Arguably the centers for film-making in the world is LA/Hollywood and more recently India (bollywood).<p>That's about it, many countries produce films, but they're not as prevalent as those 2.