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| − | Silicon Valley is | + | '''Silicon Valley''' is in northern [[California]] from [[San Francisco]] to [[San Jose]], primarily on the western side of the Bay. The area is home to many high-tech companies, including [[Hewlett Packard]], [[Intel]], [[Adobe]], [[Yahoo]], [[Google]], [[Apple]], [[Twitter]], [[Cisco]], [[Oracle]], and [[AMD]]. |
| − | Silicon Valley is | + | It has replaced [[Hollywood]] as the primary funding source of [[liberal]] politics, including [[censorship]] of [[conservatives]]. |
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| + | Silicon Valley is also a two-tiered society of the haves and the have-nots. It has a large homeless population, and poor people living in rundown trailers camp out along one side of [[Stanford University]], not far from the headquarters of [[Google]]. Silicon Valley companies rely extensively on work visas to exploit foreign labor, thereby denying engineering opportunities to Americans. | ||
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| + | Silicon Valley is a valley in the geographic sense. The proper name for the valley in which much of Silicon "Valley" resides is the Santa Clara Valley. | ||
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[[Category:Computers]] | [[Category:Computers]] | ||
Revision as of 02:02, September 7, 2018
Silicon Valley is in northern California from San Francisco to San Jose, primarily on the western side of the Bay. The area is home to many high-tech companies, including Hewlett Packard, Intel, Adobe, Yahoo, Google, Apple, Twitter, Cisco, Oracle, and AMD.
It has replaced Hollywood as the primary funding source of liberal politics, including censorship of conservatives.
Silicon Valley is also a two-tiered society of the haves and the have-nots. It has a large homeless population, and poor people living in rundown trailers camp out along one side of Stanford University, not far from the headquarters of Google. Silicon Valley companies rely extensively on work visas to exploit foreign labor, thereby denying engineering opportunities to Americans.
Silicon Valley is a valley in the geographic sense. The proper name for the valley in which much of Silicon "Valley" resides is the Santa Clara Valley.
