Originally Posted by
CDTraveler
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?
I agree with that - when you dwarf the size of the surrounding communities, you're going to have a lot of land to build offices and attract businesses through deals and incentives.
San Jose is not the most interesting large city in the US. It has a large population because it is large in area - similar to Tampa and other "newer" big cities. I only go to downtown SJ for specific reasons - never just because I want to hang out there.
I work in high tech in the South Bay - is anyone else in this thread actually a high-tech worker here in the Bay Area?