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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Technology
Kari Paul

Silicon valediction? Our road trip to tech industry hotspots as the sector cools

illustration of a car on top of a motel sign, twitter sign and meta sign, and the bay bridge
Predictions of San Francisco’s decline are almost cyclical. Illustration: The Guardian/Getty Images

If you read the news, you’d think that San Francisco is dead. If you try to drive there during rush hour, you’d find that hard to believe.

On a sunny Wednesday morning this month, I found myself on the Bay Bridge, en route to inspect the alleged demise of San Francisco and the reports that Silicon Valley’s golden age is coming to a halt.

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