Over the holidays, Bay Area transplants should check out the tech industry in their hometown

GUEST: I lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for 11 years before moving to London for three, but my wife and I grew up in the Midwest, which meant annual trips home for the holidays. Our nights were usually packed with family events or reconnecting with old friends, but our days were relatively free. In fact, getting out of my parents’ house would have done me some good (everyone has their breaking point). Grabbing coffee with a startup founder or local tech investor or just going downtown