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Re:Silicon Valley exodus: Bay Area tech companies leaving fo... by alisonkisk on Monday December 14, 2020 @11:20PM (#25426960)
The name "Silicon Valley" refers to the fact that the whole region is perforated with Superfund sites.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superfund

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Re:Silicon Valley exodus: Bay Area tech companies leaving fo... by ak217 on Monday December 14, 2020 @11:39PM (#25427071)
That's not what the name refers to.
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Re:Silicon Valley exodus: Bay Area tech companies leaving fo... by bronson on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @10:36AM (#25431195)
The semiconductor industry, which is where the name came from, sure was. Scroll to Santa Clara: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Superfund_sites_in_Cal...
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