Techies reject coasts for ‘Silicon Prairie’

At a table in Caffe Moderne, a coffee bar in downtown Wichita, sat a couple of young Kansans sipping coffee and working away on Macbook Pros. Terms like "content management systems" and "web integration" floated in the air as Clint Brauer taught a local about his business.

Thirteen years ago, Brauer couldn’t wait to get out of the Sunflower State. "I just didn’t see the opportunities in Kansas," he said. "I grew up in a small town outside of Wichita, went to Kansas State … and so I moved to the West Coast to get into high tech."

Brauer traveled from the prairie to the Hollywood Hills and spent his 20s living the kind of life he’d fantasized about while growing up in the small town of Haven.

By Josh Rubin, CNN

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