Palo Alto (IPA: [pælo ælto], from Spanish: palo: "stick" and alto: "high", i.e., "tall tree") is a city in Santa Clara County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, USA, named for a tree called El Palo Alto. The city is located at the northern end of Silicon Valley, and is adjacent to Stanford University and home to several successful high-technology companies, such as Hewlett-Packard. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 58,598.
The northern half of Palo Alto, north of Oregon Expressway, is filled with elegant homes, some of which date back to the 1890s but most of which were built in the first four decades of the 20th century on tree-lined streets. South of Oregon Expressway, in the southern half of Palo Alto, the houses, including many Joseph Eichler-designed or Eichler-style houses, were primarily built in the first 20 years after World War II.
While the city contains homes that now cost anywhere from $800,000 to well in excess of $10 million, much of Palo Alto's housing stock is barely middle-class in the style of mid-century California suburbia, and would not be so expensive were it not in such a desirable location. Palo Alto neighbors Stanford University and is in the heart of Silicon Valley. It also has highly rated public schools (See: PALY and GUNN), a high quality of life, and a vibrant downtown. The median home sale price (including condos) for all of Palo Alto was $948,000 in 2005.
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上班路上
每天象個辛勤的小工蜂，忙忙碌碌地上班打工，掙點辛苦銀有時用來養家糊口，有
時是錦上添花，有時給自己買花戴也開心，所以樂此不疲地. . .
今天學了姐妹，上班路上邊開車便拍照，方知非常難行，短短車程，一手心的汗都
悄悄出來了，下次我得坐車時再當"攝影記者"...
上班的路很近，沒有什麽引人注目的風景，自己好象都熟視無睹了，今天一拍照，
又感覺了她的一路美好安馨.
紅燈路口：我喜歡的又一棕櫚樹，和陪伴她的橙子數(樹上金桔累累，可惜太遠拍不清楚)
高樹廣場(一個辦公樓區)，裏麵有我心愛的電影院，體育館和餐廳
美國銀行Bank of America辦事處之一
社區足球運動場，那個立體朔象是木頭製的，看起來不象
廣告牌
大門(照偏了)
我的最愛：棕櫚路
玫瑰花柵欄：到母親節時分，花兒就全開放了
鄰裏街坊
路上還有新掉下的鬆果呐!
大學圖書館之一的一角
停車場
辦公室外的杜鵑花
辦公室外的茶花，蘭花
辦公室外楓樹花，和楓樹葉(這片楓樹的秋色是最美麗的)
公司林立的街道，路邊門牌之一
高樹藍天
高高興興上班，去拿工資單；快快樂樂下班，來愛家庭愛生活.
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我的兩個大鬆果：室內光和打了閃光燈的，其實都沒自然美
路上，幾株參天的鬆樹常年翠綠，冬日以來碩大美麗的鬆塔就不停不停地落著......
很多次經過都想停下車去拾起幾枚，日複一日地想，就打了應急燈停車在鬆下的路旁，鞠身拾起了兩枚豐碩的
鬆果，小心翼翼捧回車裏，心滿意足地駛到單位停車場，又美滋滋的捧著走向辦公樓，回廊上，哈! 一美國妞也
剛好從噴泉那邊走來，對著我就臉笑成了一朵太陽花，天! 她竟然懷抱著一大紙袋的鬆果呢! 我禁不住也燦爛地
笑起來，相視一笑因鬆果。
我的兩顆太少，太少了，擺在辦公室的窗台上吧，日日觀窗外蔥綠時，都有她們輕輕牽我的眼角。少，但成雙又入對......
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