I guess I didn&#x27;t make my point clear:<p>The <i>executives</i> don&#x27;t live where the problems are.  And, in fact, the <i>executives</i> are quite happy with NIMBY keeping the rabble out of Atherton and Palo Alto, thank you very much.<p>The HQ location is a balance between where the executives live and where employees can be recruited.  With more tilt toward the executives (there was a study somewhere that showed that HQ relocations almost always moved closer to the CEO&#x27;s residence--funny that...)