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Why don't Google/Facebook/apple setup satellite campuses around San Jose?
Rather than being concentrated in Mountain View/Menlo Park/Cupertino. Would that not help in keeping their costs low and improve the quality of life of their employees ( people are buying in the outer burbs and making hellish commutes).
- davelnewton 8y agoHow would buying real estate in expensive areas keep their costs low? It might increase QoL for some employees in some ways, but that wouldn't necessarily improve the quality of the company.
- sharadov 8y agoWhat I am trying to say is why do they keep expanding in areas which are already expensive ( Cupertino/Mountain View) and not move to cheaper areas (East San Jose etc). A majority of new home buyers can't afford the areas where they're located and making long commutes.
- fern12 8y agoIsn't this what Google's trying to do in downtown San Jose? https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1Q8JPbI1GRBRztAAI1iT-D8yAl31WmLlp&usp=sharing https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1Q8JPbI1GRBRztAAI1i...
- sharadov 8y agoThat's a great project and a step in the right direction, but you need the rest of the companies to follow suit and create smaller satellite campuses in and around.
- byebyetech 8y agoWhy not create satellite campuses in Austin or Denver?
- sharadov 8y agoThat's a larger question (they'll open sales offices in those areas but keep core engineering roles in the Bay Area).