Commentary: San Jose, the metropolis of the future? How a ‘forgettable’ city may become a national model
San Jose, the 10th-largest city in the country with more than 1 million residents, has long been described as America’s “most forgettable” major city. That caricature has persisted even though it sits at the heart of one of the world’s most mythologized subcultures, Silicon Valley. The city is home to the headquarters of Adobe, Zoom, EBay and, in the future, Google’s largest campus.
Soon, San Jose may shed its forgettable image. In a region that is the poster child for NIMBYism, San Jose is one of
