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If you combine SF with Silicon Valley you really ought to combine Cambridge, MA with Boston, MA

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Hey. I'm an author. I've just run the query for you.

There are 891 (out of 19409 with known location) job post from Cambridge, MA or Boston, MA. Which gives 4.59%.

Same with the LA area here. "Santa Monica" is mentioned once, but if you aggregated all the locations that fall into the Greater LA area, I bet it would rank higher.

It would also cover the land area of a small country. ;-)

Yeah, keeping them apart makes no sense. Definitely a single market.

If they belong apart, then so do Manhattan and Brooklyn.

Cambridge and Boston should be together, but Silicon Valley and SF shouldn't. I could walk to Cambridge from my house in the city of Boston. There is no way I could walk to Palo Alto from SF.

Yes. Big difference between 20 minute walk and 2 hour drive.

Silicon Valley is ~ 1 hour train ride from SF...and a faster drive (when there is no traffic).

>when there is no traffic

Lol. Good one!

I have to question if you've ever done a SF -> Silicon Valley commute. There's always traffic, and the Caltrain station is inconveniently located for most of the city, which means you need to tack on time to get there. Additionally, most SV offices aren't that convenient at the other end.

I've only seen Utahans measure distance in time.

from the american bread basket, we all do

It should be "Eastern MA" given the large number of technology companies outside of the city but inside Rt 128 & I-495.

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