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Also, not opposed to building explody chemical plants near residential areas. But I suppose the Oracle folks moving in have enough money to avoid that.

• alisonkisk 6y ago
  The name "Silicon Valley" refers to the fact that the whole region is perforated with Superfund sites. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superfund https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superfund
  • ak217 6y ago
    That's not what the name refers to.
  • octoberfranklin 6y ago
    yeah because you know silicon is so very toxic
    • bronson 6y ago
      The semiconductor industry, which is where the name came from, sure was. Scroll to Santa Clara: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Superfund_sites_in_California https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Superfund_sites_in_Cal...