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by allertonm 4906 days ago
Rang so true for me too. Growing up in London, the valley seemed like the centre of the universe and somewhere I'd eventually want to move to, but when I first visited in 1993 for Apple's WWDC and went exploring I was massively disappointed. ISTR I described it to friends back home as "Like Slough but with better weather". On the other hand I totally adored San Francisco.

I've spent a fair bit of time in both places since then and it's not changed my view much.