The appeal of the star cities is the continuous, liquid market. For build-to-flip startups that grow rapidly and reallocate huge amounts of money without doing much, the second-tier cities just aren't an option.
In which case I think it's the build-to-flip "businesses" that deserve to die rather than the "second-tier" cities.
But what do I know? I live in a "second tier" city with its own Google, Microsoft, and Intel R&D labs alongside the nation's Institute of Technology. Somehow we're still considered second-tier and every freaking start-up still locates itself in the city 1 hour's drive south from here with Boston-scale housing prices in a country of Minneapolis-scale salaries.
In which case I think it's the build-to-flip "businesses" that deserve to die rather than the "second-tier" cities.
But what do I know? I live in a "second tier" city with its own Google, Microsoft, and Intel R&D labs alongside the nation's Institute of Technology. Somehow we're still considered second-tier and every freaking start-up still locates itself in the city 1 hour's drive south from here with Boston-scale housing prices in a country of Minneapolis-scale salaries.