I'd put more faith in the claims of valuing spontaneous conversation and just walking down the hall if companies actually had full teams in a single physical lo

I'd put more faith in the claims of valuing spontaneous conversation and just walking down the hall if companies actually had full teams in a single physical location, where this would be possible. I've been in the software industry (QA and dev) since 2000. Other than a short time with a startup, I have _never_ been on a team where everyone has been in the same state, never mind the same city.