I don't disagree with what you're saying, but one thing about less dense areas including parts of the midwest is you can commute from rural areas into the downt

I don't disagree with what you're saying, but one thing about less dense areas including parts of the midwest is you can commute from rural areas into the downtown of a city in under an hour (where these are parts of metro areas that can contain over 2 million people). I'm not suggesting that a headquarters needs to be in these smaller cities either, but often times right now, there isn't even a satellite office with any engineering.