[quote=bearishgurl]If your friend’s home is south of SJ, that is not SV. As stated before here, SJ is not really in “SV” either. Yes, Morgan Hill has some million-dollar-mcmansion subdivisions and, yes, it would be more expensive to live there than Fremont. HOWEVER, folks, GILROY, the GARLIC CAPITOL beckons and is cheaper to live in! I guess one could get used to the smell of garlic … or move into one of their far southeastern subdivisions :=0[/quote]
SJ is part of SV according to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley

The following Santa Clara County cities are actually located in the Santa Clara Valley and based on that status are traditionally considered to be in Silicon Valley (in alphabetical order):

Campbell
Cupertino
Gilroy
Los Altos
Los Altos Hills
Los Gatos
Milpitas
Monte Sereno
Morgan Hill
Mountain View
Palo Alto
San Jose
Santa Clara
Saratoga
Sunnyvale
The following Bay Area cities are (or were) home to various high-tech companies (or related firms like venture capital firms) and have thereby become associated with Silicon Valley:

Belmont (San Mateo County)
Burlingame (San Mateo County)
East Palo Alto (San Mateo County)
Emeryville (Alameda County)
Foster City (San Mateo County)
Fremont (Alameda County)
Menlo Park (San Mateo County)
Millbrae (San Mateo County)
Newark (Alameda County)
Oakland (Alameda County)
Redwood City (San Mateo County)
San Bruno (San Mateo County)
San Carlos (San Mateo County)
San Francisco (San Francisco County)
San Mateo (San Mateo County)
Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz County)
Scotts Valley (Santa Cruz County)
South San Francisco (San Mateo County)
Union City (Alameda County)