Silicon Valley For those who like technology, Silicon Valley is a place of myth, the modern equivalent of the western Sierra in 1849. This cluster of cities between Palo Alto and San Jose has an amazing concentration of incredibly smart engineers, along with adventurous investors. Their constant interactions and competition create ideas, products, and companies that revolutionize how people use computers, the internet, and modern life. People here create things that change the world. Local boosters like to claim that this environment only exists in this one small area. In reality, it also exists in other parts of the country (Boston MA, Seattle WA, Austin TX) but no
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