Tech giants change pace and price of life in Silicon Valley

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How industry giants like Facebook and Google are dominating suburban communities.

In California’s Silicon Valley, some residents lament the ways industry giants like Facebook and Google are dominating suburban communities like Mountain View, Menlo Park and Palo Alto, by altering the housing markets, creating traffic problems and bringing in a monoculture of tech workers. Special correspondent Spencer Michels reports.

AIR DATE 11/2/17

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