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An alternate transportation network of private buses—fully equipped with wifi—thus threads daily through San Francisco, picking up workers at unmarked bus stops (though many coexist in digital space), carrying them southward via the commuter lanes of the 101 and 280 freeways, and eventually delivers them to their campuses. What does this flow tell us about Silicon Valley, and the City it feeds?
In a region that has changed the world and is as much a state of mind as it is a physical place, visitors can find computer history, ethnic diversity and a bit of pristine past.
Silicon Valley, the wellspring of the digital technologies fueling globalization, is itself a collection of remarkably local clusters based on industry niches, skills, school ties, traffic patterns, ethnic groups and even weekend sports teams.
Originally saved in Times File on Dec 29, 2007
Originally saved in Times File on Dec 29, 2007
Silicon Valley is thick with those who might be called working-class millionaires — nose-to-the-grindstone people who are still working as hard as ever. Many of them do not think of themselves as particularly fortunate, in part because they are surrounded by people with more wealth — often a lot more.
Originally saved in Times File on Aug 6, 2007
Originally saved in Times File on Aug 6, 2007
In The Wave Magazine