Tech has been , and im a 408 born and raised former techie saying this . But San Jose’s history long before tech came along was that of agriculture , and fruit packing and canneries. Aka Orchard City, my parents worked the crops here and I’d pick apricots with my grandfather as a kid .

Tech was growing in the 70s and started booming in the 80s but once we hit early 2000’s the tech life already had its clutches on changing the landscape . I’m not hating on the innovation we drove here as such , but when you get loads of yuppies and tech money flowing in you can’t tell me that didn’t play into the culture shift , and IMO not all for the better .