> No one is forcing jobs to be where they are now. The Federal government has played an outsized role in how our geography and economy have developed. They've

> No one is forcing jobs to be where they are now. The Federal government has played an outsized role in how our geography and economy have developed. They've favored urban coastal areas by explicitly allowing manufacturing centers in the rust belt to be dismantled and shipped overseas without penalty. They've flooded the heartland with millions of illegal and visa workers to do jobs Americans used to do, and would continue to do at acceptable wages. The House just approved millions more this past week. They've encouraged housing in various areas to far outstrip supply via subsidized mortgages, bailing out lenders, tax deductions for high tax and high home price states. Do you think Google and Amazon might consider building out smaller regional offices in St Louis, Omaha, Cleveland if they weren't able to scam off thousands of workers on of H1B, L1, etc. visas each year to come work in SV and Seattle, instead of being forced to search for talented citizens outside of their areas? How bout if they were severely punished for colluding to hold down wages in SV? This isn't the 'Invisible Hand of the Free Market' at work. It's government policy which creates the system we have. And it can be government policy to change things. https://www.numbersusa.com/news/house-approves-amnesty-indentured-servitude-illegal-farm-workers https://www.numbersusa.com/news/house-approves-amnesty-inden... https://insights.dice.com/2019/08/27/h-1b-visa-use-state/ https://insights.dice.com/2019/08/27/h-1b-visa-use-state/ https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/statistics/mortgage-interest-deduction-state https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/statistics/mortgage-interest... https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-tech-jobs-settlement-20150903-story.html https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-tech-jo...