Welcome to Axis Pro Rock, where we take just 10 minutes to get you smarter on the collision of tech, business, and politics.

Sponsored by Bridge Bank. Be safe. Venture wisely. I'm Dan Premack. On today's show, the Trump-Twitter feud

escalates and a big tech CEO departure. But first, the end of U.S. megacities. So urbanization

has been one of the most significant social and economic trends of the past decade. And in particular,

the clustering of people into so-called U.S. megacities, where the only thing higher than the rents

are the job opportunities, particularly in technology. But the coronavirus pandemic

might be changing that equation as tech companies and their employees are beginning to embrace

work from home as something that could remain in place even after a COVID-19 vaccine or

therapy is widely available. Just some numbers to look at. In 2019, 90% of U.S. tech sector jobs

were in just five cities, Boston, San Francisco, San

Jose, Seattle, and San Diego, according to a Brookings Institute analysis. And my guess is that

New York would have gotten thrown into the mix, too, if Brookings had looked just a year or two later,

or excluded biotech. But right now, big companies like Facebook and Twitter have already told

employees that work from home as a permanent option, which could cause a lot of them to either

move eventually to lower priced urban areas or to suburbs in other states. And it's really hard

to see a tech company right now decide to build a giant new megacity campus or a big corporate

headquarters somewhere. Again,

for those jobs that can be done remotely. The bottom line, tech changed cities in America once

and now might be doing so again, just in a very, very different way. In 20 seconds, we'll go deeper

with Axiocities editor Kim Hart. But first, this. The Equity Fund Resources Group at Bridgebank is a central

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