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I disagree. Find me one person who lives in the bay area, working in tech, that doesnt believe they are in silicon valley. Including SF and the shores of the east bay.

Especially considering much of silicon valley's manufacturing history is on the east side of the bay south of Oakland to San Jose.

To say that San Jose is not a part of Silicon Valley is ridiculous.

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I think Silicon Valley has both broad and narrow meanings. The broad meaning mostly applies when mass-market magazines or people from the East Coast are speaking. But from where I sit in SF, the Valley is that area down south where the big boys have their big campuses, and all that.

Of course, when I go home to Mississippi and folks say I'm living in or otherwise associated with Silicon Valley, I don't correct them. Close enough that it's not worth being a smartass.

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