I wouldn’t be shocked if they came back. It’s so hard to build that being a large company gives you both the opportunity and incentives. It’s normal to want a short commute. If you can offer employees an affordable place to live near your office, you might even get away with lower salaries: if the difference would disappear to rent anyway, why not live in Googleville with complimentary YouTube TV?

Well the actual towns aren't building much anything, so...

Yeah and I don’t think it’s a terrible thing. It’s not a fantastic thing, but they are building public spaces and they are building affordable units. Sadly the best we can get at the moment.

As long as they pay in real money rather than scrip and the local institutions don't discriminate based on whether you work for The Company, I wouldn't think it would be worse than any other new neighborhood in the same area.

If you read Octavia Butler, you know where we're headed.