Cupertino in California
Monday, 7 February 2022 - 11:00 am (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika General , San Francisco Bay Area
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After two entries about Christian buildings, today we are looking at the host city of the Appleian Cathedral: Cupertino with the
world headquarters of Apple . However, this isn’t enough to reach out for a UNESCO World Heritage status ;-) Cupertino is a city in
Santa Clara County, California , United States, directly west of
San Jose on the western edge of the
Santa Clara Valley with portions extending into the foothills of the
Santa Cruz Mountains . Cupertino is located at the southern end of the
San Francisco Bay . The eastern part of the city, located in the
Santa Clara Valley , is flat, while the western part of the city slopes into the
Santa Cruz Mountains . Cupertino borders
San Jose and
Santa Clara to the east,
Saratoga to the south,
Sunnyvale and
Los Altos to the north, and
Loyola to the northwest. Several streams run through Cupertino on their way to south
San Francisco Bay , including (from north to south):
Permanente Creek ,
Stevens Creek ,
San Tomas Aquino Creek and its
Smith Creek , the Regnart Creek and Prospect Creek tributaries of
Calabazas Creek , and
Saratoga Creek .
Cupertino is known for its high housing prices as the majority of residential properties are multimillion-dollar homes as of 2021, with the entry-point into a single-family home at around 1.6 million dollars in the Cupertino HS area, and the entry point at around 2.2 million dollars in the Monta Vista HS area. Many smaller homes start from the mid $2 millions, mid-size homes start from the high $2 millions, and larger executive homes start from mid $3 millions and can go up to as much as $5 million, as of today. However, townhouses and condos with similar square footage are relatively less expensive, owing mainly to negligible lot sizes and the many common walls and areas. Over the course of thirteen years since the last late 2008 market crash, overall real estate prices have more than doubled.
Cupertino Civic Center Fountains outside of the Cupertino Community Hall © Robert Kim/City of Cupertino/cc-by-sa-4.0
Though Cupertino is home to the headquarters of many high-tech companies such as Apple, very little manufacturing actually takes place in the city. The city’s large office parks are primarily dedicated to management and design functions.
Earlier in its history, Cupertino attributed some of its city income from Vallco Fashion Park, at the time one of the only major indoor shopping malls in the South Bay area. People from the greater South Bay area would come to spend money and contribute to the sales tax. Since then, several other shopping malls have sprung up; Valley Fair (now known as
Westfield Valley Fair ) in Santa Clara caters to the high-end boutique stores, while the
Great Mall in Milpitas in the 1990s opened to the low-priced and bargain retailers. Vallco Fashion Park was hit hard by these developments, as well as by the loss of one of its anchor stores,
Emporium .
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Cupertino Historical Society and
Wikipedia Cupertino (
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