<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Scobleizer]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://scobleizer.blog]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Robert Scoble]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://scobleizer.blog/author/scobleizer/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Seattle vs. Silicon Valley&nbsp;sillyness]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scobleizer/2265815393/" title="Seattle from near Amazon's headquarters by Robert Scoble, on Flickr"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/farm3.static.flickr.com/2287/2265815393_025e8dfea2.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="Seattle from near Amazon's headquarters" /></a></p>
<p>Ahh, <a href="http://www.techmeme.com/080215/p40#a080215p40">there&#8217;s a big debate about which is better</a>, Seattle or Silicon Valley.</p>
<p>There are things to like about both (I&#8217;ve lived in both places).</p>
<p>But for me there&#8217;s no option: I couldn&#8217;t do what I do anywhere else in the world than here (the range and diversity of tech companies is a lot greater here than in Seattle).</p>
<p>Luckily Seattle is only a couple of hours away from here so I can get the best of both worlds.</p>
<p>One thing you shouldn&#8217;t miss is the amount of building that Microsoft is doing. Microsoft&#8217;s campus is absolutely huge now and getting much bigger. Nothing like it in Silicon Valley. Oh, and the Boeing factory tour is a not to be missed thing. It&#8217;s amazing how they build airplanes there.</p>
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