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[quote=Anonymous]I can't tell you much about Stanford proper, but I can tell you about the Silicon Valley where it is located. If you think DC has competitive people, you haven't seen anything yet. Everything in SV is a competition, doesn't matter what it is. Jobs, money, retirement funds, what kind of lettuce you eat, what car you drive, and on and on and on. The constant one-upping never stops, and it's always over stupid stuff that doesn't matter. Everyone takes themselves too seriously. Even the kids. If you don't work 80 hours a week -- preferably at a marquee company -- you are a pretty much nonentity to them. Very uncomfortable, stressful striver culture contradicted by comfortable, perfect weather. Miles upon miles of soulless strip malls, and office buildings. A lot of NIMBY attitude. Personally, I find it exhausting to take this all in when I visit every year to see friends and family. The whole area is wound up in striver culture, it affects everything. Reddit has many threads that discuss the dark side of living in the Valley.[/quote]

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