1. Bay Area, CA — 5.101 points
Connectivity: 85.1%
San Francisco and Silicon Valley form a predictable winning combination here as the most technologically advanced and futuristic city in America. The Urban Land Institute reported in October that the next wave of tech-sector growth in the Bay Area will be in San Francisco itself, closer to where young professionals and their families want to live — which also means helping to ensure there is affordable housing in one of the most inflated real-estate markets in the nation. Technological growth in the Bay Area is driven twofold by the technology industry there. First, any concentration of tech creators and innovators will want to create and innovate in their own living spaces. Second, the competitive market for qualified programmers and engineers leads to local amenities that help to entice the brightest talent.
