Moving from Mexico to Fremont, CA

[silverkris]

Originally Posted by 80skeys

Wher'es the toll booth on 237? I've never seen it and I'm on that road every day.

No toll booth - they use the Fast Trak transponder for the express lane.

[otterprods]

Originally Posted by bobby_guz_man

Milpitas is part of Santa Clara county as well, and I would argue that it is way more tech-inclined than Cupertino.

Which was why I said:

Originally Posted by otterprods

Milpitas (arguably) ...is part of EAST BAY region.

It really can go either way, depending on your perspective. Not every place in Santa Clara county is considered Silicon Valley by most people. Otherwise you'd have to say that places like Gilroy and Morgan Hill are silicon valley too. I tend to agree with you about Cupertino, but I included them because just having Apple there is enough.

Originally Posted by 80skeys

Is Milpitas considered part of the Valley?

That obviously depends on who you talk to. If you want to go by wikipedia, it is. But if you're going to include Milpitas then you definitely need to include Palo Alto (which geographically blurs into the Peninsula just like Milpitas blurs into the East Bay).

In any case, the question was really about Fremont, which I think we all agree on: Not part of "Silicon Valley"

[mstnghu2]

Originally Posted by otterprods

Silicon Valley = Santa Clara Valley, which includes:

• San Jose
• Santa Clara
• Sunnyvale
• Mountain View
• Cupertino

There are several other cities in the Santa Clara Valley with their own significant tech presence (Campbell, Los Gatos, Saratoga...). But historically and economically, those four cities are the heart of "Silicon Valley".

Milpitas (arguably), Newark, Fremont and everything north of that is part of EAST BAY region. But of course the high tech industry and people's perceptions are not limited to lines on a map, so you can call Fremont par tot Silicon Valley if you want. But I don't think many people outside of Fremont would view it that way.

Milpitas is South Bay. I grew up there. Nobody there would consider it to be East Bay. Yes, Fremont and Newark are East Bay, but many people still would consider them to be part of Silicon Valley or at least bedroom communities of it. While SV may have originated in the Santa Clara Valley, over the years its informal boundaries have expanded. There really are no formal boundaries for SV.

Even some cities along the peninsula tend to get lumped with "Silicon Valley". The term "Silicon Valley" as it is typically used is really more of a frame of mind than an actual location. It's not like SV is an actual geographic location with clearly defined boundaries.