From a tourist's point of view, I have to say "Silicon Valley" is the biggest disappointment ever. It is a sad failure of urban design. Parking lots, office parks, with some vegetation sprinkled around, and the usual food places. Very like most of the midwest.

I think it is a huge failure of urban design. Everytime I drive down on the always congested 101, I am reminded on how much better this place would have been if it had chosen a more European urban city/village design.

BTW. The majority of googlers are I know, hate the location. They'd love if they could work in SF, but they have to do this soul crushing 1hr commute everyday.

Why wouldn't they live around Mountain View? Simple, if you are single, that place is boring to borderline depressing.