I think there is a real opportunity for companies to exploit the talent that is generated from Chicago and nearby universities.<p>Chicago doesn&#x27;t just have Illinois, but UW Madison, Purdue, UMich, Northwestern, etc. The Midwest is churning out tons of qualified engineers.<p>And the cost and quality of life is dollar for dollar the best in America.<p>Also the engineering culture is more geared to industrial and mature technology companies and less to software. There are ton of engineers doing jobs that are vital but HN would probably consider boring. That might explain why there is less entrepreneurship. Engineers have work experience in and are exposed to industries that don&#x27;t easily lend themselves to entrepreneurship.