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People are usually including Amazon and MS when they use the metonym "Silicon Valley".
by draw_down 10y ago
People are usually including Amazon and MS when they use the metonym "Silicon Valley".
- timothycrosley 10y agoReally meant San Fran. An extreme disproportionate amount of investment dollars go there considering just how much value has come out of Seattle with much less starting capital.
- powera 10y agoWasn't Microsoft founded in Albuquerque?
- timothycrosley 10y agoYes, but Bill Gates grew up in and returned to Seattle to build the company up
- mythrwy 10y agoYes. And Bezos is from New Mexico also. Strange because New Mexico consistently ranks near last in quality of life, employment prospects and education.
- astrodust 10y agoNot surprisingly both left New Mexico and set up shop somewhere more civilized.
- wl 10y agoa) "San Fran" is not used by most locals. b) Silicon Valley is 30 miles or so south of San Francisco.
- timothycrosley 10y agoA) I'm not a local. Never claimed to be B) 30 miles makes it part of the same metropolitan area.
- booleandilemma 10y agoSimilar to how the term "Wall Street" isn't limited to the firms physically located on Wall Street in lower Manhattan.
- paulddraper 10y agoI've never heard someone say SV to include Washington. Though now that you mention it, I have heard that commute times around the valley are terrible....
- astrodust 10y agoIt's a long valley!