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Doesn't work. You then have to drive 30min back into town for sales meetings. Or what if one parent's employer moves to a different suburb?

Fordlandia was already tried. Business clusters are the way to stay competitive.

This is basically what all of the south Bay Area is.

Good luck convincing all of your employees and customers to relocate into the same suburb.

My employer did this by splitting their headquarters into four physical offices. No need to convince people to go to a single suburb. In fact, the original downtown office is still there. For me this resulted in a seven minute drive to and from work, instead of a 60-90 minute bus ride each way. Meetings are via Zoom, just as they were during the pandemic.