Paper Belt
The Paper Belt consists of four metropolitan areas where several important industries and political infrastructures converged during the post-war era: Boston (education), New York City (publishing, finance), Los Angeles (media, Hollywood) and Washington, D.C. (politics, law).
Some alternative definitions focus on the northeastern coast of the United States by excluding Los Angeles and including Delaware, where a large number of corporations are legally headquartered due to its more generous tax laws for corporations.
It came into attention after Balaji Srinivasan's 2013 talk titled Silicon Valley’s ultimate exit. In the context of the talk, the term was used as a contrast with the emerging influence-structure of Silicon Valley.
Some alternative definitions focus on the northeastern coast of the United States by excluding Los Angeles and including Delaware, where a large number of corporations are legally headquartered due to its more generous tax laws for corporations.
It came into attention after Balaji Srinivasan's 2013 talk titled Silicon Valley’s ultimate exit. In the context of the talk, the term was used as a contrast with the emerging influence-structure of Silicon Valley.
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