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Old Mar 29, 2012 | 9:11 pm
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Originally Posted by CApreppie
I don't disagree about history. Much of early R&D and innovation was happening outside of San Jose. However, in current times San Jose has the largest number of tech companies. 36 of the top 150 tech companies in SV are HQed in San Jose, Sunnyvale has 30, Santa Clara has 15, Mtn View and PA both have 9 each. I don't understand how you can call Santa Clara "King of SV", when San Jose and Sunnyvale each have at least 2X more headquarters of the top 150 than Santa Clara.
San Jose has those headquarters due to the real estate market - as in, theirs was so pathetic that companies were lured there with price breaks and tax deals. Those companies didn't originate there. SJ is a pathetic excuse for a major city in so many ways.

Much of current R&D and innovation is still happening outside of San Jose.


p.s. how many others in this thread were ever even in SJ before the tech boom? any other Bay Area natives here?
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