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Unfortunately this isn't just a US-centric issue. The UK seems obsessed with comparing itself to the valley. There's even a wikipedia page for this stuff: http
by Peroni 11y ago
Unfortunately this isn't just a US-centric issue. The UK seems obsessed with comparing itself to the valley.
There's even a wikipedia page for this stuff: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_places_with_%22Silicon%22_names https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_places_with_%22Silicon...
My personal favourite (in an face-palmy kind of way): http://i.imgur.com/WKYF1o9.jpg http://i.imgur.com/WKYF1o9.jpg
- randomsearch 11y ago> My personal favourite (in an face-palmy kind of way): http://i.imgur.com/WKYF1o9.jpg http://i.imgur.com/WKYF1o9.jpg The problem here is an overblown claim rather a comparison, which is fundamentally a different issue.
- jballanc 11y agoUntil very recently I lived in Bodrum, Turkey. One of the things it's famous for is the castle in its bay. "Castle" in Turkish is "Kale" (pronounced as cah-lay, close to rhyming with "valley"), so I used to joke that I worked in "Silicon Kale".
- pjmlp 11y agoQuite nice city. I was there last year.