Nestled in Santa Clara County, San Jose is the largest city in Silicon Valley. Whereas San Jose’s neighbor to the north, San Francisco, is known for its notorious fog and a dress code that largely consists of layering, San Jose is a city that celebrates the sun, receiving an average of 300 days of sunshine per year. That abundance of sunshine is the biggest reason why the city has roots as a farming community, though over the past few decades orchards and crops have been replaced by some of the world’s largest technology corporations as well as budding start-ups, with companies such as Adobe and PayPal just a few of the businesses that call San Jose home.
