I'm no expert on the history of SV or your housing (I've never lived there, probably never will), but I thought the general story was something like this: 0. C

I'm no expert on the history of SV or your housing (I've never lived there, probably never will), but I thought the general story was something like this: 0. California existed 1. Government investment comes to the valley during the cold war in early SV companies 2. Innovation happens in leaps and bounds thanks to the government checkbook 3. Profit is made hand over fist by some people/groups/entities 4. People/groups/entities from (3) buy more of everything 5. More People & entities come in search of interesting ideas/cutting edge technology/profit/fame/etc 6. return to (3)