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Originally Posted by mhays
Very misleading. The fulcrum of jobs is between the two. And the workers certainly come from both. Read up on the armada of company buses (augmenting regular transit) sometime.
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This isn't really accurate.
Yes, the peak tech is between San Jose and San Francisco, but that's like saying peak Wall Street is between Midtown Manhattan and Philly, or peak Hollywood is between LA and Santa Barbara. True, but misleading.
Peak tech is directly adjacent to San Jose proper, in San Jose metro, just a few miles from downtown San Jose, and nowhere near downtown SF. The suburbs adjacent to SF proper (Daly City, Colma, Brisbane, Pacifica) have minimal or no tech presence. The suburbs adjacent to San Jose proper are peak tech. The traditional elite SF suburbs (Mill Valley, Hillsborough, Piedmont) aren't tech suburbs. The traditional elite SJ suburbs (Los Altos Hills, Saratoga, Los Gatos) are tech suburbs. The traditional SF elite neighborhoods (Pacific Heights and equivalents) have no direct relationship with tech, and are still thick with traditional high-paying industries (medicine, law, consulting, etc.). No such thing in San Jose, where tech rules like autos rule Detroit.
The Google buses and equivalents are due to more recent preference for urban living. Not really related to where FAANG and equivalents are actually situated in Bay Area. Of course, more recently, a shit-ton of tech firms have opened in downtown SF, but this is true in urban environments nationwide, but the vast majority of the traditional Bay Area heavyweights are in San Jose and environs.