Every story that comes out about every city has a statement like this. We've had different cities across the country trying to become "the Silicon Valley of XYZ" for the last 15-20 years. Have any of them done it? Considering we're still calling the effort "the Silicon Valley of blah blah blah", I think not.
I used to live in Philadelphia. I now live in Washington D.C. I've spent a lot of time in Baltimore. I wouldn't want any of these places to change from what they are to the "Silicon Valley of the East Coast". They should stay Philadelphia, Baltimore, and DC.
Don't get me wrong, I'm sure the Valley is awesome. I've personally never been there. I hope it has its own culture that the people there are proud of and it's not trying to become "The NYC of California" or something like that. My complaint is that we get bludgeoned over the head with popular press talking about "diversity is good, we need to increase diversity", but it misses the biggest chunks of it when it's right in their face. There is still a lot of good left in local culture.