The New Yorker has declared Utah to be the next Silicon Valley

A new study by the Brookings Institution highlights Utah's growing influence in the tech industry, and The New Yorker's Vauhini Vara has taken notice.

"How are they doing it?" Vara asked, before concluding that everything from the "cultural knack for salesmanship and entrepreneurship among Mormons" to Utah's tax system and the influence of BYU — which has notable STEM programs — play a role in building the "next Silicon Valley."

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