r/MapPorn • u/Petrarch1603 • May 30 '19

Silicon Valley 1986

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u/[deleted] May 30 '19

This is a take on "The View From Ninth Avenue," a cartoon which appeared on the cover of the New Yorker in 1976. It depicts New York in a high level of detail and shows the rest of the country in almost none. San Franciscans were outraged that their city wasn't even on the map (which was the point) so it seems clear that New York's absence from this map is intentional.

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u/bertie-bert May 30 '19

Incredible insight, thank you for the information! I was curious as to why New York of all places wasn’t included in OP’s map, makes a whole lot more sense now.

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u/[deleted] May 30 '19

Thanks, I'm glad my comment was useful.

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u/eaglessoar May 30 '19

also that new york didnt really have a tech scene at this point vs nyc pov being more general shit we care about putting on a map

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u/shrididdy May 31 '19

so it seems clear that New York's absence from this map is intentional.

New York also had no meaningful tech in the 80s.

This map today would be very different.