Too Long; Didn't Read
<strong>I</strong>n 1849, pioneers from around the world came to California looking for gold, and what once was an empty landscape of natural beauty turned into a densely populated melting pot. A hundred and sixty something years later, the gold is long gone but the land of opportunity continues to BOOM. People still flock to California to chase a dream, but now one that is intermixed with microchips, apps, social networks, and most important: Silicon Valley.