I'm glad to see it is growing. I was in NYC for the first half of the decade and the "grounded" nature of NYC was its pitfall.

Its not the lack of 'tech for tech's sake', its the lack of willing backers, the lack of meaningful VCs, the lack of 'pay it forward' mentality, the lack of historical counterculture having any meaningful impact amongst the old world elitists.

If that's changing then NYC will offer an unparalleled opportunity that Silicon Valley could have difficulty keeping up with. I still suspect that there are like 3 VC portfolios all named Union Square Ventures that any project has to conform to, and if it doesn't, FUHGET ABOUT IT