There is no point in trying to create the next Silicon Valley without the Valley’s remarkable resources: two world-class universities, Stanford and Berkeley, and a big financial centre, San Francisco.

事实上，如果离开了硅谷成功的两个重要资源，建设所谓下一个硅谷是毫无意义的：那就是两所世界顶级的学府，斯坦福和伯克来，和旧金山这个庞大的金融中心。

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Both offer a myriad of opportunities and positives as the homes of financial centers, world-class culture, leading universities, sports teams galore and high-end restaurants.

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The oil-flush kingdom has rapidly asserted itself as a world-class intellectual mecca, courting top universities and financial institutions and muscling its way into cultural relevancy.

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