Techies reject coasts for 'Silicon Prairie'

[Stephane Dumas]

CNN article spotted at http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=183349
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/innovation/07/16/silicon.prairie/index.html?hpt=C2

Wichita, Kansas (CNN) -- At a table in Caffe Moderne, a coffee bar in downtown Wichita, sat a couple of young Kansans sipping coffee and working away on Macbook Pros. Terms like "content management systems" and "web integration" floated in the air as Clint Brauer taught a local about his business.

Thirteen years ago, Brauer couldn't wait to get out of the Sunflower State. "I just didn't see the opportunities in Kansas," he said. "I grew up in a small town outside of Wichita, went to Kansas State ... and so I moved to the West Coast to get into high tech."

Brauer traveled from the prairie to the Hollywood Hills and spent his 20s living the kind of life he'd fantasized about while growing up in the small town of Haven.

[huskeroadgeek]

Interesting article, especially since I live in the area discussed. It's not uncommon to see natives of this part of the country go away to the big cities on the coast out of college and then come back as they get older and start thinking about where they want to raise a family.