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The OC is Quietly Becoming Silicon Beach South

In addition to homegrown talent, Orange County is also drawing from Silicon Beach, even though a lot of attention has been on L.A. and the West Side in particular, CBRE's Carol Trapani tells GlobeSt.com.

By Carrie Rossenfeld | carrierossenfeld | Updated on August 25, 2017

Carol Trapani Trapani: “Millennials from all areas are looking to Orange County once they are starting to look for a bigger house and a quieter neighborhood.”

NEWPORT BEACH, CA—In addition to homegrown talent, Orange County is also drawing from Silicon Beach, even though a lot of attention has been on L.A. and the West Side in particular, CBRE SVP Carol Trapani tells GlobeSt.com. According to a recent report from the firm on tech talent, Orange County ranked #9 on CBRE’s list of tech-talent momentum markets, a measurement of the change in tech job growth, as part of its fifth annual Scoring Tech Talent Report.

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