The Shift Index picks up that phenomenon nicely.

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The question is whether the last two to three years, during which places like San Francisco, New York and Boston have enjoyed stronger STEM growth than their peripheries, represents a paradigm shift or is just a cyclical phenomenon.

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With this obvious refutation, one wonders if there will be a corresponding shift among counterterrorism experts regarding what causes the phenomenon.

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