Why Are America's Most Innovative Companies Still Stuck in 1950s Suburbia?

It's the math.

It's a hell of a lot cheaper to convince people to buy a house out in the 'burbs than to pay wages (and lease office space!) in a dense urban area.

Once you've got a company building a reliable product for a reliable market, it doesn't make much economic sense to stay in an urban area unless you have to for business reasons.

Corporations are modern city-states. Why would they give up control of their infrastructure to the bufoons in city council?

because people adapt?