Molson Hart

Set up a fulfillment center in a smaller town in more rural Texas. It's astonishing to see the economic shockwave it has set off. And it's something that software just cannot match. Software company does hiring somewhat locally, but can also outsource easily. 1/n

You set up a new business? Nice! To your point: Software does set up a shockwave but not locally. Maybe the secondary effects of a new physical business compound each other. Software spreads around the cyberspace. Plus all you need is people and laptops anyway.

Exactly, hence the necessity of countries, states, and cities to seek physical businesses to boos their economies.

Or even more generally: if the political (often geographical) entity overlaps with the economical one (as with physical business), the situation is easier.