The Difference between San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and the Bay Area Explained

[@Bioniking]

I'm living in the Bay right now. One thing that's so cool about it is everywhere is unique. You could be in Berkeley and travel 10 miles in any direction, and each path you take will lead you to a place with a completely different and unique feel to it

[@wholewheatcracker3561]

As a Bay Area native that’s really great to hear, I’m glad you love the Bay for what it is. Most of the new people coming in hate it but live here anyway for some reason, then they try to change it to be more like them, shops that sell $5 coffee and stuff like that, and then they hate that too even though they made it. I love the Bay and it’s culture, there’s nowhere like it

[@arjun_amin]

Agreed. Oakland native here, and despite our problems, the Bay Area is a wonderful place to live. It’s diverse both in people and places, and there are so many things to do and see.

[@iasimp1997]

@@arjun_amin How much money do you make per year? If you happened be below 100k I can guarantee your tune would change.

[@IdiotBoxProductionsTV]

@@iasimp1997 my towns average home price is 3.8 million. Danville Native

[@tigertank06]

@@IdiotBoxProductionsTV 3.8 million? Dang.

[@juscallmeehx]

Great video although I can tell you are not native of the Bay Area with how often you mispronounce a lot of the names.

[@GSM92]

Bay boy

[@irishswtpea]

Hella.

[@guppy2842]

Fr he pronounced Marin as “Mair-en” when it’s pronounced “Muh-rin”.

[@malvolio01]

@@BloodlineMedia What's Maren?

[@malvolio01]

@@guppy2842 Actually, we natives say "Mehr-rin," pronounced like "her." As in, that chick is a total bitch! Dude, what do you expect? She grew up in Mehr-rin.

[@johnpalacios5914]

Dude! Why did he barely describe the East Bay. We have Tesla, Seagate, Pixar, Clorox, and many more companies.

[@MrEYTheInternational]

He's also failed to mention the Pleasanton-Livermore corridor northeast of San Jose in Alameda County, which is very important to our Defense Department historically and presently, and is home to the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory of which U.C. Berkeley is historically partnered with -- Berkeley (which he does rather naively mispronounce, here) being where the cyclotron was created and where more chemical elements have been added to the periodic table than any other university in the world. Plutonium was discovered in Berkeley. The flu vaccine was created here. (U.C. Berkeley also houses the original papers of Mark Twain.) Berkeley, of course, (since the vid maker has that Linux penguin everywhere) has been very important in the history of the UNIX/Unix operating system(s). So, it isn't like it's simply some adjunct to other tech centers in the region -- a conceit they'd like you to believe down in the South Bay, ha ha ha. It's often ranked as the top public university on the planet. Livermore is also the home of the National Ignition Facility -- which only happens to have the world's largest laser complex and is a key center for fusion energy research. I'll let Mr. Smarty Fast-Talking Video-Maker Who Knows Everything go look that up.

[@jefferystephens3443]

MrEYTheInternational

[@dry5555]

I was born and raised in Livermore. My father worked at the "Rad Lab".

[@nevidvaliente5170]

The peninsula is the gem of the bay

[@judodono]

He actually included Tesla and seagate under his Silicon Valley map.

[@calideeslife3224]

"If you took an Uber from Uber to Twitter, you'd be there before you're done tweeting about it" Best line in the video! 😊

[@FIFAmaster0]

Oakland is a very diverse city. It has both rich and poor neighborhoods but with the gentrification occurring due to rich millionaires not being able to afford to live in SF because of the Silicon Valley's multi-millionaires are moving in, the millionaires started to move towards the east bay where Oakland is and other relative poor cities. California in general isnt like this only regions with important industries have such obscene cost for standard of living. Further inland everything is cheaper but less jobs compared to booming cities near the coast.

[@DomCTBG]

Finally, an intelligent comment about Oakland. Thank you.

[@Angels1168]

Oakland is filled with homeless and drug addicts.

[@craz5634]

Candice Lewis wow it’s almost like 3/4 of the Bay Area is like that

[@bigal1513]

@@Angels1168 Yep

[@archstanton_live]

@@bigal1513 Candace Lewis seems to have changed their mind.

[@11joe111100]

I’m a UC Berkeley grad who’s been working in Silicon Valley for 23 years. This video was very accurate, unlike others I’ve seen. Well done! 👏🏻

[@eleanoraquitaine2966]

Best accurate summary I've ever seen. Impressive. You're right. No one else gets it right.

[@evanbartlett1]

Every time I heard “MAY-rin county it made my cringe just a bit. “ma-RIN”.

[@dansut324]

You think he pronounced Berkeley right? Ber-Kuh-Lee? May-Rin?

[@archstanton_live]

@@evanbartlett1 and @dansut324, rue the day when we get the voice bots to not reveal themselves.

[@genxr7971]

"...if you're poor and only make $100,000 a year..." LOL !!

[@Stuff51052]

Dude, like straight up you can barely rent in San Jose. My buddy is paying around 4,000 for like a 3 bed two bath 800 square feet a month in the most shady area of san jose Like its insane.

[@Stuff51052]

The poor people in oakland make 100 grand a year. My friend's father makes like 80 grand a year and has to move out because they can't afford their house morgage anymore. The cheapest parts of san jose where you wont get shot at go for like 1.2-3 million.

[@esthershih5575]

trueee! housing prices is insane here. I live in Cupertino, which is hella expensive. like seriously.

[@oneday9979]

Bothe my parents only make about 95000 a year and we live a middle class life here in Sunnyvale

[@eshwarkumar8138]

felipe Vazquez yup

[@annabelarduino8548]

"... where, if you're American, is the origin of most of the fruits and vegetables you don't eat." You've got your finger right on the pulse of the American people, you have.

[@fredrikkarner4115]

Jacob Arduino lol

[@johnvonshepard9373]

Racist spot!

[@coolkids64]

exactly , if you ever ate fresh fruit or veggies in the US during winter it came from cali , florida , Arizona , or a southern state

[@tahasullivan1996]

The very pressured and struggling pulse, that is.

[@AshGreen359]

California produces more oranges than Florida and more dairy than Wisconsin.

[@stannisthemannisbaratheon1039]

100k will get you a bed in a homeless shelter on the Bay Area

[@lizzsszzy7800]

More like a basic apartment, but yes, it's extremely expensive to live there.

[@Sovereign_Citizen_LEO]

100K will get you a bed on top of a Bay Area homeless shelter.

[@pebblepod30]

Stannis The Mannis Baratheon Yeah sounds like $100K....per night.

[@obsoleteprofessor2034]

I lived in poverty near Fresno in the Central Valley. In my rural farming town we have tons of meth heads. The problem with meth heads is you can't have them around. Even the mellow ones. There were tons of empty houses in town. Every one was set of fire by meth heads. The most recent one happened where the homeowner got put in prison (for meth) and left his GF there. She didn't pay the water/electric and moved out. She left her son who's brain was friend on meth. He brought all his friends to live in the back yard and they eventually set the house on fire. The prior year a woman who lived there was murdered in front of the house. abc30.com/news/detectives-searching-for-leads-in-murder-of-mendota-woman/1637060/ (woman interviewed was ranchers wife and she's been on meth for years. Look at the shacks behind the house) This is the same house 4 months later., abc30.com/news/squatters-blamed-for-house-fire-in-mendota/1838573/ They move into a house and strip out the copper wires and anything made of metal (a/c ducting). Then they start tearing down the inside walls for fire/heat/cooking. THEY WILL DESTROY YOUR PROPERTY! Needless to say, I am not a social worker. The people mentioned in this next story were mostly meth heads.. not displaced workers.. abc30.com/news/shanty-town-next-to-ag-land-to-be-torn-down/1087577/

[@pebblepod30]

obsolete professor Wow that's horrific. They need comfortable but orderly camps with some education & structure, it sounds like.

[@reemtruhmkorf3313]

This has taught me at least two things. 1. It's amazing how much explanatory clarity of a Grey video hinges on the delivery style. 2. I can now finally use all of the weird geographical terms associated with the Bay Area. Hooray!

[@SevenFootPelican]

I want to live in East Bay!

[@IdiotBoxProductionsTV]

@@SevenFootPelican central East bay is the best part; Danville

[@heccshoot]

Solano feels neglected :( We have Jelly Belly...

[@AvinashtheIyerHaHaLOL]

白ない I thought that was in Sacramento County. And yes, I live in the Bay Area.

[@heccshoot]

Avi Iyer Jelly Belly is in Fairfield, Solano county seat

[@AvinashtheIyerHaHaLOL]

Okay.

[@guy1021]

Im in Disco Bay! We are a town of nearly 20k and wont even have above 5th grade. The little town next door only has JH, and Brentwood has the nearest HS. At least we have the delta.

[@JaxTheCartographer]

Yeah. Some parts of Solano don't feel like the bay area though like Vacaville and Dixon feel more Sacramento area to me I just feel like Solano is a far off stretch that not many people visit I mean all there is is jelly belly scandia and...nothing else really. Also some parts of Fairfield and Vallejo can be pretty ghetto so that detures people.

[@BowlOfNoodles1]

90% of the comments "ITS MUH-RIHN NOT MARE-IN!!!"

[@arimago]

Spanish speakers: *laughing our asses off*

[@oscarcastanedamunoz]

Yeah, we Hispanics named that place. You both pronounced it wrong

[@miwanabanana]

Its Laviooosa, not LAHviosaaa.

[@anthonylong9067]

Oscar Castaneda Munoz i’ll tell you what we also mispronounce. Vallejo We get half of it correct. But im pretty sure it should be pronounced “VA-YAY-HO” but we all say “VA-LEY-HO”

[@therandomchicken6517]

Oscar Castaneda Munoz by “we Hispanics” you mean people who’ve been dead for centuries and you’ve never met

[@joecalder9624]

Many, if not most of the major Silicon Valley industry innovations actually started in the Peninsula, comprised of 3/4 in San Mateo County and 1/4 in Santa Clara County. The Peninsula remains the heart of much Silicon Valley experience.

[@Jabrils]

incredible breakdown man, thanks for making this video!

[@VanDeGraph]

Thanks! I saw your Why San Francisco Is So Expensive video and it felt like it was a perfect compliment to this video.

[@brandonhill9679]

VanDeGraph :20 that's not how it works in NYC we have sections/neighborhoods inside of Boroughs inside of counties inside of the City as a whole. Because manhattan brought the other 4 counties/boroughs.

[@philipdolan426]

You're saying Marin wrong it's pronounced ( Mer rin ) Merin drop the A and pronounce it with an E. Also when you talked about San Jose it's the third biggest city in California and the 10th biggest city in the United States. And you forgot San Jose's biggest employer Cisco Systems Cisco Systems is very important and vital to the internet it Powers the internet. I enjoy your videos keep making them they're awesome

[@zhzhang79]

Jabril

[@goodwizard8598]

I miss videos like these on KZbin. Just no nonsense, information packed stuff. Thank you.

[@blu7855]

so, basically california is its own country

[@AshGreen359]

Blu there are people who are trying to make that happen.

[@anthonylong9067]

Ash Green it wont happen.

[@californiamade5608]

No this is a region of the state. It’s the second biggest region on the west coast after LA region.

[@benmaitoga7330]

No, the Bay Area is it’s own country lol

[@Y5krew]

5th richest if it were its own country that is. We fucking kill it.

[@occamsrazor1285]

Muh-rin. I'm an SF Bay native. Trust me, it pronounced Muh-rin.

[@lewt187]

Also Contra Cost-uh. Or just call it coco county.

[@Unberable]

How do you pronounce the latin A?

[@Unberable]

like Uh or like Ah?

[@NicNac723]

It is pronounced "uh" buddy. Hi from Sonoma County!

[@TalussAthner]

Either way its pronounced Muh-rin, I've lived in it for 22 out of 23 years of my life, I would know.

[@tkornfeld]

Good video, but why are you pronouncing "Marin" like that? It's pronounced like muh-rihn.

[@tkornfeld]

***** Don't be. It was just a harmless mistake.

[@CadetGriffin]

And why are you spelling the "ih" sound like that? We say "uhh..." like "ugh".

[@Unberable]

You are overreacting, Richard

[@ppaaccoojrf]

You're being ridiculous, Richard.

[@Unberable]

Richard pls, don't make a scene

[@vinnycontini10]

being someone who has lived in san jose his whole life, this was amazing to watch

[@eleanoraquitaine2966]

Excellent job. I lived and worked there for 53 years. This quick history is quite accurate and very well done. Kudos.

[@e.b.9952]

you put a sad face on Solano county. saw it. live there

[@AQUAPHREESH193]

707 SAY IT BACKWARDS - E-40 LOL

[@8v71buses]

AQUAPHREESH193 Valley Joe lol 😆

[@IGtyi39AL78F56]

Yeah did he forget about Six flags and so much other parts of Solano county to? Of course there's really nothing out there yet as of Bart and good housing and jobs yet but real soon.

[@BigCheddarr]

Fr I’m from there to and it’s pretty much the place people go to avoid the high rent of most of the bay while still being within an hour from almost everything

[@andrewmorehead3704]

East bay resident. You butchered Costa pronunciation.

[@andrewmorehead3704]

Butchered Alameda too.

[@celebrityrog]

Ala-mayda - It's Ala-meeduh

[@jaylenjefferson1738]

Andrew Morehead and he dissed the most underated and slept on county which is solano

[@malvolio01]

He hella butchered it, bruh.

[@malvolio01]

Everyone from there knows it's "da yay." Only outsiders call it the bay.

[@11joe111100]

Great video. FYI - Been working in SIlicon Valley for ~20 years. FYI nowadays people use it to refer to a broader area then just the South Bay. It covers the peninsula, SF, and the East Bay....basically all the areas in the SF Bay area where there are many tech firms. The wikipedia page for Silicon Valley notes this broader definition.

[@kkcamp02]

Only ppl who are NOT from here think like that. Most natives would not consider Easy Bay or SF as being part of Silicon Valley. This video describes it correctly.

[@v.mollner6911]

Dude, it's NOT an auction, slow the "F" down!

[@rojamaheswari7975]

Yes.. He is very fast

[@kp5602]

"Oakland, a great city if youre poor and make $100,000 a year" Is that "poor" by SF standards? Lmao.

[@cristie1678]

Kers Pertt yeah cost cost of living is incredibly high

[@jacksp1787]

Average price of a house in the Area: $1.06million in late 2020.

[@004kim]

San Francisco is the most expensive city to live in the u.s. Its debatable is its sf or ny.

[@allecail]

Your pronunciation is off! Marin is Muh-RIN. Alameda is Al-uh-MEE-duh.

[@kevinl6231]

user9343424 He also said "Contra Coasta" not Contra Costa

[@CadetGriffin]

Your spelling is off! Marin and Alameda are "mih-rin" and 'al-ih-me-dih" respectively.

[@JCChainz]

user9343424 he's obviously not Californian or isn't used to our California accents, so I forgive him lol.

[@adribiron]

Just to give you some info, Alameda is a poplar forest in spanish

[@g3org3yo7]

i wonder if spanish people think your pronunciation is also good... san fransisco.. say saint fransisco O.o

[@gibiscus]

LOL @ "Mare"-in, Ala-"may"-da and Ber-"kuh"-ley...

[@alpenglw4743]

Tamara Motola and I'm not from the Bay Area so I'm not sure if this is correct but wouldn't it be Contra Coh-sta, not Contra Cah-sta?

[@matthewalvis9729]

Alex Givens Contra Cah-sta

[@TalussAthner]

To give the correct local pronunciation for all of them it would be muh-rin, ala-me-da, berk-lee, and contra cah-sta.

[@Fan_Made_Videos]

Midwesterners and North Easterners give themselves away when they say "Cah-Stah" instead of Coh-stuh

[@cristie1678]

talussAthner see I live in contra costa yet I personally say Contra Coh-sta while others say Cah-sta

[@frednesbittjr.7862]

The 'Tech Industry" began in the city of San Bruno...HP started in a garage in San Carlos, all in San Mateo County before the start of WW II.

[@cpMetis]

3:12 "if you're poor and only make $100,000 a year"..... What the fuck is the living cost there? Jesus you'd be rich to make 6 digits a year.

[@nastyy_mk4]

cpMetis yup...thats exactly how we feel

[@matthewalvis9729]

cpMetis It's a bit exaggerated. Well kind of. I live in San Francisco making $65,000 per year with 3 kids, and that is considered EXTREMELY poor. (Even though, it isn't for the rest of America). Per month, that's $5400. I spend $2500 per month on rent, and the rest of basic necessities, and bills. By the way, $2500 per month is extremely cheap for a two bedroom apartment, to give you an idea of how expensive it is. Also, a gallon of milk can sometimes cost $6. So yeah, San Francisco is expensive.

[@cpMetis]

Matthew Alvis Jesus. Is this all just because of the dense population?

[@matthewalvis9729]

cpMetis I think it's because there are so many rich people in San Francisco that the grocery stores feel that people will pay more for basic things, like milk and eggs. Also, since a lot of people don't own cars in SF (we have great public transport), people won't (I know it sounds ridiculous), commute to other cities to buy groceries in other cities, so the grocery stores jack them up even more.

[@ChromeFilms77]

I think it's mostly because SF is an extremely desirable place to live because of all the tech companies that are there, and so retailers know the can jack up the prices and real estate owners can jack up the rent.

[@doraima29]

This gives a great breakdown and explanation of San Francisco, SF bay area, and the Silicon Valley. I think most people who are not familiar with Northern California should watch this video.

[@IdiotBoxProductionsTV]

Barely covers eat bay

[@colinmjensen]

Suggestions for improvement 1. Most of your pronunciations of geographic terms were wrong. For example, Berkeley is pronounced "Berk-lee" not "Berk-ell-lee". Marin is pronounced "muh-rin" not "Mare-in". Others were more subtly wrong like Contra Costa is pronounced "contra cost-uh" not "coast-uh". 2. The Silicon Valley is a weird term. Everyone wants to be in it, so you'll see companies a long way from the valley say they are in the Valley. Even your highlighting is more expansive than the original definition: for example, no part of Alameda County is part of the original definition. (You'll have to Google hard to get the original definition). 3. Talk slower. Gray has excellent enunciation and can get away with speaking more rapidly. I think you might have tried to talk even faster than Gray. 4. Take more than one take and edit together the best stuff. Take the best rendering of each sentence and use that in the video.

[@VanDeGraph]

1) I immediately regret only looking up how to pronounce San Jose 2) I decided to take the most expansive reasonable definition, in part I considered the Santa Clara river estuary and marshes to be good enough to qualify its banks as part of the geographic Santa Clara valley since there was no well defined definition. This lined up with the definition that comes up from google, which includes Fremont, Alameda and parts of the city of San Mateo. 3) I actually try to speak slower while recording, so far it has been no use. I think my best bet is to just work on enunciation. Either that or I could stretch the sound out with audicity, but then I would have a deeper voice, which may or may not be a good thing. 4) I already do that maybe I should try more?

[@Altermax7]

You're fine man

[@occamsrazor1285]

He's using the old 40s version of Contra Costa. It was shunk to being anything east of the hills and Alameda county was created.Source: Bay Area native; grew up in Concord, and lived in WC and DC (if you're not from here, you wont know those names)

[@iokcs]

troll more

[@ohd00bley]

You're correct it was "created*," as all are geographical boundaries. If WC is Walnut Creek, and DC is Daly City (San Mateo County), I do know where the named geographical locations are... It is true I am from "there**" I was born "there" about 108 years after Alameda County became a County. Hey Neighbor! _______________ *The county was formed on March 25, 1853, from a large portion of Contra Costa County and a smaller portion of Santa Clara County. ** en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Oakland_HERE-THERE.jpg

[@boriss578]

Hi friend, Great video, good job! My only point for improvement is to buy a better mic so you won't sound like you just woke up :) Keep it. you earn a new subscriber.

[@VanDeGraph]

Thanks! I currently you use my laptop's microphone. I will think about getting a microphone eventually but I don't really want to buy equipment right now.

[@AGLegend01]

Marin is pronounced Muh-ren Alameda is pronounced Al-luh-mee-duh and Berkeley is pronounced Berk-lee

[@adrienmaccer5819]

Thanks a bunch for sharing. 🖤

[@RaymondHng]

1:48 Marin County is pronounced _muh-RIN_ , not "MARE-in".

[@etfkaurstak2597]

hi im from sacramento, and this is a great explanation video!

[@QuangTran27]

I used to live in SF. Now I moved to San Jose. Best choice ever!

[@largechurro2321]

QuangTran27 Aye Bay Area

[@mathieuclement8011]

Why? (A curious SF resident)

[@DomCTBG]

Likely, just the commute time.

[@MM-st6vu]

As someone who has lived/worked in the Bay Area my whole life, I must say this is a good overview.

[@BmanB73]

The Bay Area as explained by someone not from here.

[@RedStarSanJose]

THANK YOU!!! Native San Josean here, and I remember the old days when people from Frisco made fun of the name 'Silicon Valley'! Now it seems like everyone is hitching their wagons to our gig. Drives me CRAZY when people say SF is in Silicon Valley. They're on the end of the peninsula with no valley anywhere in sight. The 'Valley' is Santa Clara Valley which is San Jose. Get it straight. Thanks again.

[@kkcamp02]

Thank you for this comment. SF is NOT part of the Silicon Valley.

[@DavidDiez]

looking at where you are placing companies relative to the SF bay water, your placement is consistently very off.

[@VanDeGraph]

The maps I used make the marshes part of the land.

[@IdiotBoxProductionsTV]

“Mare in County” Instant discredit

[@MrFrostburner]

>poor >100,000 a year California, the fuck is up with your perception of everything?

[@patrickgallagher1161]

MrFrostburner It's an intercity with poor black and Mexican neighborhoods and white millennial tech neighborhoods

[@patrickgallagher1161]

I live in Oakland

[@aluisious]

It's not about perception, it's about being unable to buy a starter home that lists for $950k but you won't get unless you offer $1.1 mil.

[@MMAmachinhead92]

+Patrick MacCreoghan Fruitvale, the "Mexican" area, is getting expensive also.Probably thanks a little to gentrification. It's just the black areas that perpetually cheap.

[@thelastword71]

aluisious their are homes with starting prices of 500k…

[@Dogelele]

This should have a lot more views, it's such a good video! You just got another sub!

[@HankyUSA]

Thanks for this video. I'm using it to explain to my family where I live. There is something odd in your map though. Mountain view touches the bay shore in real life.

[@KhAnubis]

Great video! I actually had no idea of any of this!

[@anthonylong9067]

KhAnubis Productions he mispronounced some of the names though. But who am i to judge? We mispronounce the city name “Vallejo” all the time. It’s VAH YAY HO. Not VA LEY HO

[@laurenolsen1418]

I’m from Marin and I love how you say Maaaaaaarin 😂

[@evanbartlett1]

Love the video! As a Bay Area native and SF resident, it’s always nice to see videos like this explain things. Pronunciation is a bit off in a few cases: SeLAHlo County CAHNtah CAHSta County alahMEEdah County Easily understood in that they don’t always make sense.

[@abcdefg9213]

I guess this is the 'murican version of CGP Grey's UK video 😉 I'm just joking, this is great!

[@abcdefg9213]

Actually, when you said Sonoma I couldn't think about anything but the best road course in America

[@VanDeGraph]

No joke part of the reason I made this is that CGP Grey constantly says other parts of the bay area are San Francisco, so I made this video to parallel the uk video to show him.

[@abcdefg9213]

+VanDeGraph I noticed... He was in the actual San Francisco a few days ago, so I hope he knows now😂😂😂 #SpiritualHomeOfNumberphile

[@roidkaro]

Cool video and nice references =) Keep up the good work!

[@VanDeGraph]

Thanks!

[@Rudy-ec1er]

This is awesome. Can you do more videos on other metro areas, like ChicagoLand?

[@VanDeGraph]

I am thinking about it. Ideally I want to also talk about a major economic component of the metro area, otherwise the videos would be very short and limited to listing city names. Like the Bay Area has the tech industry. With Chicago I could talk a lot about the rail road industry and its port on the lake and the canal to the Mississippi. That is what I can think off the top of my head, though other people can tell me more about the important industries in Chicago. I might also do New York and LA. However at this point my list of potential videos is starting to get really long so who knows how long before I can make them.

[@Rudy-ec1er]

That all sounds awesome! You could do a kind of playlist of different metro areas. Idk. Yah Chicago is basically built on the transportation industry, with many of the train lines beginning/ending here. Although now it's mostly a regional hub, health and education, and banking hotspot. Even in the rural areas, like Mchenery County, people consider themselves Chicagoans. Keep up the good work!

[@amandasouza597]

Very good video ... great job

[@TheSlogs]

The Linux penguin made me laugh

[@VanDeGraph]

While making and checking the video, every time I saw the penguin I smiled a little, no matter how many times. It's nice to see other people like it as much as I do.

[@jethroaxel2305]

I love that penguin.

[@manavgajera4985]

Didn't expect this video to be this interesting 🙌💯

[@xcvxcvcxvxvcq]

I like the fast pace. No wasted time with BS.

[@VanDeGraph]

I'm glad you think so. The kinds of videos I like go straight to the point so I try to do the same with mine.

[@bellet7977]

VanDeGraph please don't ever say Oakland is a poor city and you are going to have to update your vid cuz uber is moving to Oakland

[@tylers5405]

Belle t Oakland is trash though... and for poor people... and homeless people... and druggies... and any other trash

[@jayoher3151]

Awesome video! You presented really good information :)

[@originalnab]

3:10 if you're poor and only make $100,000 a year. Sadly accurate if you want to live in the bay.

[@AshGreen359]

originalnab perhaps if you want to own a house in the Bay Area. I'd say a basic livable wage here is about $18 an hour. Less than that and you have to split rent with someone.

[@aspieotaku3580]

You can live there for less but expect to rent a room.

[@aspieotaku3580]

@@AshGreen359 Even 18 an hour your renting a room or barely a studio.

[@pretzelstick320]

You can live in the bay on 100k, you just have to live in Vallejo or Richmond lol.

[@aspieotaku3580]

@@pretzelstick320 or East San Jose. Renting a room.

[@enricorpg]

Well done, I love it! Please make more!

[@VanDeGraph]

I hope to make more eventually

[@thetooginator153]

As of 2021, my iPhone correctly pronounces the name of my home county: Marin County. I grew up in the Bay Area, and many place names are not intuitive. I think it would help if you checked out how place names are pronounced if you haven’t visited those places. It’s a bit jarring to here the place you grew up mispronounced.

[@francesca-selfproclaimed-bleep]

Nah, because I've lived in the Bay Area all my life and I still don't know why Santa Cruz County isn't part of the main Bay Area, but then you have people in frickin Cloverdale and Sea Ranch way further out in the other direction that live on the border of Mendocino County still pigeonholing themselves as part of the Bay. Like, make it make sense. 💀

[@LordMelbury1953]

I love the video, but why the sore throat voice, its very hard to listen too.

[@timismakinggreatcoffee-aka8887]

Hewlett-Packard started about 20 years before Shockley arrived to the Bay Area

[@upandawaygames]

You're not from here, are you. You wouldn't pronounce "Marin" like that if you were.

[@Adohleas]

Hes Canadian.

[@upandawaygames]

I suppose others have noticed it already, but the general Internet migration from written web pages to spoken videos has some surprising side effects. For example, if you don't really know what you're talking about you might get exposed because you don't know how to pronounce things correctly.

[@user-hq1np9js7x]

I'm from Oakland originally. The pronunciation really bothered me XD but good video nonetheless.

[@RobbyFuhriman]

Rick Heli not to mention the soft "e" in Alameda

[@dalmationblack]

Ah shit I pronounce it like that.

[@OneDayinDubai]

Great video Tim 😉

[@videogamebomer]

Yay he talked about East Bay

[@Yaamphcas]

Love your video and channel... Helps us international guys understand👌😇

[@n00btub3r2012]

East Bay is the best

[@thomass1891]

If you don’t have money then yes

[@viniislaif1532]

Keep up the awesome work m8

[@LemkeR]

Your voice box has some issues. Try seeing a chiropractor. I'm not joking. It may help.

[@adrian-ld4ji]

THANK YOU!! Most accurate video I have seen! I hate when people think San Francisco is the center of Silicon Valley... it's not even IN Silicon Valley. San Jose is the capital.

[@edwardnolan4387]

Quite CGP Grey-esque. I like it.

[@haydenlinder]

Wow, incredibly concise. Well done 👏

[@43set]

CGP Gray?

[@jacobsalter2322]

Subscribed for the content, stayed for the humour

[@6B9K]

Way to butcher the pronunciation of Marin county

[@warrenpeece1726]

Grew up in Livermore, moved to San Jose for college and then worked in Sillycon Valley, moved to SF as an empty nester. I AM this video!

[@markkusler7523]

You're definitely not a Northern California native... you mispronounced Marin and Contra-Costa (Mah-RIN or Muh-RIN, CAHNtruh-CAHstuh) really badly. :-) Having said that though, the content was good. :-) Also, The City of SF and County of SF were merged pretty early (like REALLY early after statehood) in their history, but there was a time when they were distinct entities.

[@Roderick4057]

Mark Kusler sf is central california

[@markkusler7523]

That's a bit pedantic.. but generally, Bay Area guys consider themselves northerners. I live up by Tahoe and we do the same. We're at a similar latitude. :-) Central CA would be along the lines of Fresno or Tulare, Madera, possibly Manteca or Modesto. SF is definitely in the northern half of the state.

[@Roderick4057]

Mark Kusler i only recognize what is close to oregon northern california

[@Roderick4057]

so basically everything north until the state's east border becomes sideways

[@markkusler7523]

Obviously, I can't prevent you from doing so... but the folks in "Jefferson" don't even think of themselves as Californians. Basically, you're wrong. :-) I suspect we'll just have to agree to disagree.

[@PaolaLozanoYoga]

Great explanation 👍

[@Jennsside]

Stanford is in Palo Alto, Stanford is not a city

[@povstyle]

Stanford is its own city

[@DannyGoldingTV]

hobbespalm Wait so I was born at Stanford Hospital. I lived in Palo Alto. Was I technically born in Stanford, CA instead of Palo Alto?

[@sparksthedaytrader9606]

DannygsfgTV google.com

[@tyty0075]

Good video u just earned a subscriber.

[@apw3ner]

did he really just say Oakland is a good place to move if you're poor?

[@apw3ner]

3:03 "poor and only make $100k a year" that's what my dad makes working at muni which pays more than double minimum wage, which itself is practically double the federal minimum wage i would not consider that kind of money poor, but then again we are talking about good old overpriced CA

[@VanDeGraph]

It was a tongue in cheek joke poking fun at the high rents in San Francisco, $100k certainly isn't poor.

[@my15tic12]

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[@3urnone351]

You move to Stockton if you are poor lolz 209

[@kace999]

The way you pronounce Marin tells me you've never lived here.

[@whig3982]

HI reference made me happu

[@burningburney94]

Procrastinator cabbagehair well hello there Tim

[@whig3982]

burningburney94 you too tim

[@dgrassed]

Procrastinator cabbagehair well hi there fellow tims

[@billybussey]

I was born in Santa Clara. My high school was on the same street as Ebay and my house was on the same street as Apple. I used to drive by Netflix when it was a single small building by the highway. Why did I not buy stocks in all of those?

[@aluisious]

LOL, Solano frowny face.

[@marvinmacharia7689]

great job! very helpful, keep it up!

[@htfcm]

I've never heard anyone mispronounce so many bay area cities.

[@FreedomRL]

Your videos are great! Might want to consider reminding the viewer to subscribe at the end. It's a shame that you have so few subs relative to your views.

[@FreedomRL]

Just saw you started doing that in your new videos, nevermind. Keep up the good work!

[@bernardabecia8537]

I'm from San Francisco. I cringed so hard when he said marinara, contra coastuh, and alamayduh. It's Muh-rin, contra cost-uh, and ala-mee-duh.

[@tecnica-de-voz]

and imagine how hispanics feel hearing all these Spanish names pronounced by Americans :)

[@justacitizen111]

Thanks for the great and informative video

[@Callsign_Prophet]

"Poor and only make 100k a year"

[@dudelange4301]

Please come back. I love your channel.

[@ubuntres]

How does making 100k make you poor

[@darkmater4tm]

Because if you work in IT in the Bay Area, 100k is a starting salary. And yes, most things are proportionately expensive.

[@TheDoctorDoesGames]

When taxes take away half your money and rent for a 1 bedroom costs the other $4k/month. You had better have everything sorted out career-wise before moving to the bay area xD

[@Fluskar]

living in sf is super expensive

[@QuangTran27]

Even if it's expensive you still got some money left over. Orrrrrr how about don't live in SF.

[@johntran2252]

QuangTran27 its a bit of an exaggeration. I live in the bay area and make about 90k. But that money would go a lot farther in other places.

[@orangejoos]

Thanks for this video - really helpful!

[@ispeakasiplease]

San Fransisco isn't the only place with city and county authority combined. That's nothing unique in the slightest as far as the United States is concerned.

[@thesmirker2909]

Los Angelas is another in the same state.

[@orlandonunez6122]

Steve Arredondo no it ain't

[@RaymondHng]

The Smirker Los Angeles County is 4,058 sq mi with a population of 10,137,915. The *City* of Los Angeles is only 469 sq mi with a population of 3,976,322.

[@RaymondHng]

San Francisco is a consolidated city-county. Other consolidated city-counties in the U.S. are: Anchorage, Alaska Broomfield, Colorado Denver, Colorado Honolulu, Hawaii Juneau, Alaska Los Alamos, New Mexico Menominee, Wisconsin Nantucket, Massachusetts New Orleans, Louisiana Sitka, Alaska Yakutat, Alaska

[@californiamade5608]

RaymondHng San Francisco is only 46 sq miles. So it’s truly a consolidated CITY & COUNTY

[@Segin-1]

I’m from san jose, and i did not know any of this. very informative video👍

[@larryfitzgeraldjr]

SLOW DOWN JESUS FUCKING CHRIST

[@ninil.1067]

Great video!

[@PresidentEvil]

due to the high taxes and generally unfriendliness towards corperations(thanks liberals), many of the companies are moving towards business friendly Texas

[@tonysanchez3289]

keep telling urself that. a few doesnt make many. just as a few TX companies moving 2 SV doesn't mean many.

[@franw2054]

most silicon valley companies are legally registered in delaware,that way they pay less taxes while still being phisically based in california.so no, companies aren´t moving to texas because of taxes

[@lamrof]

Fuck Texas, who wants to live there.

[@PresidentEvil]

considering Texas is the second most populated state (and one of the fasting growing ones) a lot of people care

[@AshGreen359]

Yes, a lot of companies outsource to the third world. Nothing new.

[@888Xenon]

This is good stuff, I wish you luck

[@VanDeGraph]

Thanks