Actually, the exact opposite. Central Palo Alto was built before World War II, when zoning codes were nonexistent, or much less strict. Most of Silicon Valley w

Actually, the exact opposite. Central Palo Alto was built before World War II, when zoning codes were nonexistent, or much less strict. Most of Silicon Valley was built afterwards, when zoning mandated cookie-cutter suburbs, sterile office parks and acres of parking lots, and is much uglier.