What recession? It's boom time again in Silicon Valley (LAT)

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http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/la-fi-tech-boom-20110717,0,193060.story

What recession? It's boom time again in Silicon Valley
Investors pile into Internet IPOs and start-ups, making overnight millionaires. House prices and salaries soar. Another dot-com bubble? Maybe, but with differences.
By Jessica Guynn, Los Angeles Times

Reporting from Palo Alto — As she unloaded groceries in the driveway of her Palo Alto home, Lisen Stromberg was approached by a real estate broker who asked whether she'd be willing to sell her five-bedroom house to a senior Facebook executive.

"There is a house down the street selling for $6.3 million. I'll sell you mine for an even $6 million," she replied.

Her tongue-in-cheek asking price was about twice what her house is worth, but the broker didn't miss a beat and said he would speak with his client.

"When I told my husband, he laughed and said: 'Here we go again,'" Stromberg said.