Bangalore has been projected as India's Silicon Valley. The similarity between Bangalore and the US Silicon Valley, however, ends with the concentration of IT and other Hi-Technology companies in both these places. Bangalore in fact is much more concentrated, because Silicon Valley in the US comprises of several cities.
If you have never been to the American Silicon Valley but only to Banglaore then you will get a completely mistaken picture of the Silicon Valley in the US. The pothole you see in the accompanying picture is in Bangalore and is fairly easy to spot on various lanes / roads of the city but is difficult to find in the American Silicon Valley.
On the other hand, If you have never travelled to Bangalore but have been to the Silicon Valley on the West Coast of United States you might form a mistaken notion about Bangalore from this comparison.
Where is the US Silicon Valley? The name "Silicon Valley" was termed by journalist Don Hoefler in 1971 according to Wikipedia
Silicon refers to the high concentration of semiconductor and computer-related industries in the area; Valley refers to the Santa Clara Valley, located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay.
Wikipedia further explains the area that roughly is considered a part of the Silicon Valley:
Silicon Valley encompasses the northern part of Santa Clara Valley and adjacent communities in the southern parts of the San Francisco Peninsula and East Bay. It reaches approximately from Menlo Park (on the Peninsula) and the Fremont/Newark area in the East Bay down through San Jose, centered roughly on Sunnyvale. The Highway 17 corridor through the Santa Cruz Mountains into Scotts Valley and Santa Cruz in Santa Cruz County is sometimes considered a part of Silicon Valley.
Continued: Bangalore's Infrastructure woes that don't exist in US Silicon Valley
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