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I just removed "the cities of" in the heading for the list of subareas. It seemed awkward to have both cities and regions in this list as it was written. Steve Pucci | talk 15:58, 22 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Actually I'm wondering if this page should redirect to one of the other regions listed as roughly synonymous (Silicon Valley or Santa Clara Valley). I don't think so, but if this area is actually different than those areas we should explain here what the difference is. Also, it seems a bit odd to list Sunnyvale here and no other cities (San Jose is perhaps the exception because it is well known outside the region). Steve Pucci | talk 16:05, 22 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, actuall you bring up a very valid point. Maybe the south bay article should be redirected to Santa Clara Valley or Silicon Valley because all 3 are the exact same thing. There is no differnece between the South Bay and the Santa Clara Valley, NONE. Bay Area Born and Raised and Urban Planning major. Just saying. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.14.62.223 (talk) 18:47, 14 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

South Bay, why inlcude peninsula cities? Contradictory

The South Bay as a region does not include the Peninsula cities of Mountain View, Palo Alto, Los Altos and Los Altos Hills even though they might be in Santa Clara County. The South Bay is better defined by the 408 area code and San Benito county wicth is also in the Santa Clara Valley. Actully the definition of the South Bay is the geographical Santa Clara Valley. From Sunnyvale and Milpitas to Hollister. All the cities mentioned in Santa Cruz county are not considered South Bay but are part of the Monterey Bay with the largest city being Salinas. I am a Bay Area resident born and raised. You transplants need to stop following the census data from Washington DC for it is horendously miscatigorizes Bay Area Regions. I am also an Urban Planning major and the faculty at my University agree with me 100%. I will be making the proper changes and hope no one removes them. The Peninsula cities and the Monterey Bay cities will be removed from the definition of the South Bay. While Hollister and San Juan Bautista will be added. PLease do your research and check your sourse before you make any contradictory changes with other definitons of Bay Area Regions. I know the area is highly balkanized and its regions difficult to understand by outsiders. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.181.56.224 (talk) 22:09, 27 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move

Why was this moved from South Bay (San Francisco, California) to South Bay (San Jose, California)? It doesn't make sense...there is no San Jose Bay, it's the San Francisco Bay. San Jose is the largest city in the South Bay, but that isn't the reason it is named the South Bay. The South Bay is a region of the San Francisco Bay Area - there are dozens of other cities besides San Jose in the South Bay. The other regions of the SF Bay Area are listed as North Bay (San Francisco Bay Area) and East Bay (San Francisco Bay Area) so it only makes sense to call this South Bay (San Francisco Bay Area). I tried to move it myself but it's more complicated than that. Andrewn 02:31, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Support. As I noted above, this article is kind of an odd fish, since there are others that cover overlapping areas; its only reason for existence is to be analogous to the North and East Bay pages, so we should be consistent in naming with those other pages. --Steve Pucci | talk 02:55, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Certainly needs to be moved somewhere, and the suggested location looks good for consistancy. — Arthur Rubin | (talk) 10:37, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Per nom. --Serge 21:56, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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This article has been renamed as the result of a move request. Vegaswikian 03:23, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]