With all its problems, it is still hard to beat Silicon Valley. Its on-the-edge mindset and its density of early startup knowledge are hard to replicate anywhere else. You are more likely to find your support network in the valley than other areas.
I wish the issue is as simple as what the title suggests. Just read both sides, our political divide can be bridged. Well, what if the two sides don't agree on the facts. It may be a good idea to have centralists on policies, but the notion of centralists hardly applies to facts. It may be possible to have compromises on policies only when both sides at least assume good faith of the other. In today's American politics, I don't see an easy solution to agree on facts or good faith. It is sad.