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Wander around San Jose and Santa Clara, only made it to Mountainview
for chinese food a few times and then it’s a job interview in
Sunnyvale, just take the light rail – - and all of a sudden it’s
time to find a map of silicon valley. The light rail map is very
non-specific except in the areas right along the light rail tracks
or at the end points, specifically. Getting around by car requires
on and off the freeway constantly, and the search for free
directions leads to internet services such as the ValleyWag Blog
about the location of silicon valley titled “any other dumb
questions?” I decided to try a serious approach and took my quest to
the LinkedIn tribunal with the specific request:
What cities are included in Silicon Valley? I am working on a
research project that requires a very specific response. Contact
g_mcpaul@yahoo. com for more information.
This is a question about Silicon Valley, can anybody tell me how
many cities there are in Silicon Valley and what the names of those
cities are? Thank you!
LinkedIn people know everything about everything. I added new
contacts from all walks of life, personal, business, professional,
wannabe people, past co-workers, past fiancees, people who went to
the same high school that I never met, people that went to the same
college that I hid from because they were too weird and not quite
geek enough – - and still no map of silicon valley ! My favorite
map, that I found only once while browsing however did not ever
surface again, defined silicon valley and included everything from
Santa Rosa, skipping Petaluma for some reason, all the way down to
Monterey, where high tech is prohibited by Clint Eastwood himself,
since Carmel is the ruling dominant force along the 17 mile drive
anyway – -
Nobody from internet services conceptual arena was able to provide
assistance coming up with a map of silicon valley. I then decided to
take on the role of a researcher myself and posted the question to
Ali Burns of Maps.com:
Mapping the way – -
I am developing the next edition of “valleylist” a newsletter about
silicon valley and my current gambit is to find the actual geocode
or geographic area defined by silicon valley and of course describe
the incidental problems that people encounter when a special new
idea is under development with the mapping services. Do you have an
actual map of silicon valley? Would Yahoo! Maps want to supply a map
in time for the next edition of “valleylist” it would be great to
include some commentary about the silicon valley geocode from the
map specialists and perhaps provide a view of how the silicon valley
area has expanded during the past century, now that it is the 21st
century that is – -
A response from the Map.com people is most likely in the e-mail – -
The most exciting maps on the internet are the Yahoo! Maps. The
Google Maps, these people came up with an online map service and
location finder features dynamic, draggable maps, as well as
satellite imagery by region. Yahoo! Maps have some interesting
features, to name a few – -
Satellite View of San Jose
Traffic in San Jose
Wi-Fi Hotspots in San Jose
San Jose Local
Roadside Attraction – -
A walk from San Jose to Burlingame in year 2000 took me all the way
through silicon valley. It was an odd experience because cities
along the El Camino Real, San Jose, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale,
Mountainview, Redwood City, San Mateo, are apparently the real
silicon valley. However it was a rare occasion when a shopping
district or real city would surface. My experience is that it most
resembles a very large suburb with lots of shopping centers. My
destination then – - San Francisco – - became Burlingame where
people were just as “anti – - ” and lackluster as anything around
San Jose. Burlingame became the gateway to hitching a ride to the
New Milbrae Bart Station instead of S.F. and then I somehow ended up
in Berkeley, a very friendly city. Hence the list of cities – -
List of Cities In silicon valley
San Mateo
Redwood City
Palo Alto
Sunnyvale
San Jose
Livermore
Mountain View
The last two are very low tech compared to the real silicon valley
cities Sunnyvale and Mountainview.
Santa Clara
Cupertino
These cities have a few high tech companies and don’t seem to
qualify quite yet for silicon valley inclusion.
Downtown San Jose is a real nightmare.
The Alameda, an odd elbow of 2×2 lane asphalt has a lot of
potential. Rumor has it that the area is getting all new
businesses. Eventually The Alameda turns into the El Camino Real
just across the Santa Clara border. The Giga and Greenlees are the
only authentic local hangouts along The Alameda for fancy expresso
and valleylist chit chat, not to mention my other favorite expresso
terraces that belong a new valleylist. I prefer the local hangouts
early on the way to work. Contact The Alameda Business Association
for new details about this up and comming new tech location.
Many years before the walk through silicon valley I had an
opportunity to find out first hand why Livermore should be part of
the silicon valley list – - aerospace. First person observation
clearly indicated this side of the bay – - officially known as the
east bay – - was not part of silicon valley. Berkeley, Oakland,
Hayward, Freemont, Newark, Livermore. Upon arrival in San Jose the
confusing low tech and non-tech 3rd world nightmare that usually
exists only in the South American sub-tropical zone. However all the
city plackards said the same thing “Welcome to San Jose, The Capital
of Silicon Valley” .
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