The real reason may just be the failure of a legitimate second hub after the Bay Area: Facebook needs to hire 10k more people this year and maybe tens of thousa

The real reason may just be the failure of a legitimate second hub after the Bay Area: Facebook needs to hire 10k more people this year and maybe tens of thousands more over the next decade. There is no single place they can do that, and by the time they tally up all the possible other offices it might just make more sense to shrug your shoulders and make it officially and literally “anywhere.” In this version, it’s likely the emerging technology hubs which lose to cities with simply great quality of life or low costs, and the Bay Area continues relatively unaffected.