What is the difference between Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area? Is San Francisco a city or a county? Where in the Bay Area are the headquarters of the largest tech companies in the world? <br /> <br />This video explains the difference between San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and the Bay Area, gives brief overview of the history of Silicon Valley and how it came to dominate the tech industry, and gives you a tour of the Bay Area along with the companies headquartered there. <br /> <br />Image Credits: <br /> <br />Golden Gate Bridge: Rich Niewiroski Jr. - http://www.projectrich.com/gallery <br />Bay Bridge: Leonard G <br />San Francisco Skyline along Market Street from Twin Peaks: Vincent Bloch <br />San Francisco Street Map: Peter Fitzgerald, OpenStreetMap <br />Government Levels Responsibilities Sprites: Freeciv <br />Golden Gate Bridge driving away from SF: Weegee010 <br />California Central Valley: LTSLTS <br />SV Family Tree/ Fairchildren graphic: IEEE Spectrum Magazine, October 2007 <br />San Francisco Bay Area County Maps: Wikipedia Community <br />California Counties Map: Wikipedia Community <br />Map of North America: NuclearVacuum <br /> <br /> <br />Links for mobile users: <br /> <br />CGP Grey video which talks about Cities, Counties, and Incorporated vs Unincorporated places: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naDCCW5TSpU <br /> <br />Crash Course Government video on the separation of powers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0gosGXSgsI <br /> <br />Moore's Law: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtI5wRyHpTg <br /> <br />Numberphile: https://www.youtube.com/user/numberphile <br /> <br />The difference between UK, GB, and England Explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNu8XDBSn10 <br /> <br />10 Funny Trolley Problems (On my other channel): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yywd3bXfYAg <br /> <br />Why is San Francisco so expensive?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAlA4hZ94OI <br /> <br />Mistakes: <br /> <br />Moore's first name is Gordon, not George <br />Lucasfilms moved to San Francisco in 2005, but much of the operation remains in Marin <br />Pronounciation
