"Computer chips and tortilla
chips. San Jose, California's got both. At lunch, high-tech geeks emerge
from their cubicles and stroll over to one of the city's great Mexican
restaurants to chow down on inexpensive flautas with the triangular fried
corn salsa dippers. The public relations specialists may have the uninitiated
calling San Jose the capitol of Silicon Valley, but San Jose retains the
small town heart of its orchard days when, it has been said, the only
chips contemplated were left behind by wandering cattle. Unlike other
big American cities, in San Jose you don't need to borrow a key from the
cashier to use the bathroom in a restaurant or gas station. That's because
San Jose is the safest big city in America. We don't have to be as paranoid
as our northern neighbors in San Francisco and Oakland. San Jose boasts
several prominent theater groups. Our delis carry vegetarian plates. We've
got the colorful San Jose hotels and we've got the Rocky Horror Picture
Show. We've got micro-brewries. We've got cappuccino. We've got art galleries.
In fact, we have art galleries that sell cappuccinos.
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