The reason why tech companies can not easily make their cities better is because of local law & policy and not by choice of the company. I bet google would jus

The reason why tech companies can not easily make their cities better is because of local law & policy and not by choice of the company. I bet google would just love to induce high rise development in palo alto with a monorail loop that serviced the FB, Google & Stanford campuses and a few stops around caltrain stations. But they can't because prop 13 makes new housing a net negative on the city budget and local NIMBYs love their prop 13 shielded price gains, creating a strong force to disallow new housing and only allow new office space.