Originally Posted by
findark
I don't know anyone other than the city council that calls San Jose the heart of Silicon Valley; it's more like the southern edge. There's practically nothing in the 180 degrees south of downtown SJ except tract castle homes and shopping malls...
I don't necessarily disagree. I interpret the classical definition of "Silicon Valley" as Santa Clara County, in an arc formed by Mountain View, Sunnyvale/Cupertino, San Jose, and Milpitas. The fact that the demography south of San Jose shifts decidedly to middle income spells SJC's doomed fate if another airline ever tries to revive a hub there to compete with SFO.