I often wonder why Google puts up with the Mountain View city council. They should just relocate their headquarters to another part of the state and be done with them. I'm sure there are a number of cities around that area, with huge parcels of undeveloped or neglected land, that would gleefully welcome a brand new Google headquarters. They've gotten too big for that area and their recent real estate acquisitions in Mountain View looks like just a bunch of dispersed buildings.
"huge parcels of undeveloped or neglected land." None of that exists anymore in the bay area. Part of the reason you keep hearing about the housing crisis here, it's all pretty much been developed.
Still plenty of NIMBYism. I know they're not "huge", but it's amazing how many weed-filled parcels you see along El Camino in Menlo Park, San Carlos, etc.
