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Re:Google gets go-ahead to build 153-acre Bay Area neighborh... by treprinum on Saturday June 17, 2023 @01:17PM (#36372193)
Wasn't the area around Google contaminated? Not sure why would anyone willingly live there all the time.
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Re:Google gets go-ahead to build 153-acre Bay Area neighborh... by agent281 on Saturday June 17, 2023 @01:50PM (#36372546)
A lot of the bay area is due to old chip manufacturing plants. I want to say it has one of the largest concentrations of Superfund sites in the US, but don't quote me on that.

Edit: Don't quote me, quote the Atlantic.

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/09/silic...

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