well trained staff, a cheap international draw for low end transient call center workers [...] is Krakow Polands future silicon valley
To have kinda silicon valley we need also:
- cold war and government contrats
- great space, aviation, energetic and communication industry
- free economy oriented authoriries
- free creativity tradition
- a lot of money to spend
- good PR and some nice myths
- so on
However there are some advantages here:
- relatively high work ethic - more then in the other regions people prefer to work (even for less money) then take unemployment benefits
- dense populated region with a high birth rate - many people are heading to Cracow for knowledge
- young citizens and newbes - more creativity, more needs, more work, etc
- relatively good developed educational system - technical and other high schools
- self-reliance, individualism and creativity of local society
- well known trademark popular in many languages: cracow, krakau, cracovie, cracovia, krakko, etc
There are disadvantages too:
- high centralized country
- discriminatory government policy
- administration behaviour
- still weak regional self-id
- money, money, money
Well, may be just canyon if not valley?
Silicon canyon songs good and even has a historical explanation: name of Wawel castle comes from wąwer=canyon