Cities with a large concentration of technology-related companies, like San Francisco and Boston, had the largest increases.
The Nasdaq, which took the worst beating because of its high concentration of technology stocks, was down 27.7percentt from its high for the year.
State officials boast that they have the highest concentration of technology workers in the country -- 82 out of every 1,000 workers in the private sector.
Economists and urban affairs experts say that in a strange way, the Great Recession intensified the concentration of technology workers here that Northeastern is aiming for.
There are now around a hundred high-tech businesses in what has inevitably been dubbed Silicon Roundabout.Measured by the concentration of technology firms and the availability of generous and informed investors, California's Silicon Valley is still in a league of its own.
Durham is a city of a half-million people in central North Carolina that along with Chapel Hill and Raleigh forms what is known as the Triangle, a concentration of technology companies and colleges including Duke University in Durham and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
It is the second year in a row that the East London area, known for its high concentration of technology and media businesses, has spawned the most new enterprises in Britain, although the total stands just below the previous year's figure of 15,720.
Much the same way that the Bay Area has historically claimed the highest concentration of technology startup development, New York City is the epicenter of commercial real estate.
The Nordic region has a high concentration of technology and telecom stocks, Sweden's Ericsson and Finland's Nokia prominent among them.
However, in looking at this comparison, there is also recognition of the fact that California is inherently different: Its geography, concentration of technology and political leadership may not make it the most translatable example.
