{"id":5701,"date":"2011-05-19T01:22:21","date_gmt":"2011-05-18T23:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=5701"},"modified":"2012-12-12T15:59:10","modified_gmt":"2012-12-12T14:59:10","slug":"are-you-thinking-of-moving-to-silicon-valley-think-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=5701","title":{"rendered":"Are you thinking of moving to Silicon Valley? 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