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Silicon Valley is a region in Northern California that serves as a global center for high technology and innovation. Located in the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area, it corresponds roughly to the geographical area of the Santa Clara Valley. San Jose is Silicon Valley's largest city, the third-largest in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States; other major Silicon Valley cities include Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, Redwood City, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Menlo Park, and Cupertino. The San Jose Metropolitan Area has the third-highest GDP per capita in the world, according to the Brookings Institution, and, as of June 2021, has the highest percentage of homes valued at $1 million or more in the United States.
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- ↑ Pui-Wing Tam, Defying Downturn, Polo Scores New Fans, The Wall Street Journal , May 13, 2010
- 1 2 3 John Flood, Sport of kings: Menlo Polo Club is one of Atherton's best-kept secrets, The Almanac, November 05, 2003
- ↑ Angella Sprauve, Polo in Silicon Valley widens field for newcomers, Haute Living, October 20, 2012
- ↑ April Dembosky, Polo in Silicon Valley widens field for newcomers, The Financial Times , July 15, 2013
- 1 2 ExpertQuote Ladies' Cup, San Mateo Daily Journal , June 26, 2010
- ↑ Deborah Deutsch, Chip McKenney, Founder of the Gay Polo League, On How the League Was Born Archived 2015-02-03 at the Wayback Machine , Equestrian Quarterly, November 14, 2013
- ↑ Jane Knoerle, A new twist for Tally Ho: polo match, Palo Alto Online, September 6, 2006
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