My theory for this is that Google is essentially a functioning welfare state which is geographically co-located with a dysfunctioning welfare state. If it weren't the Google bus it would be the Google food kitchens, the Google social insurance, the Google healthcare, the Google subsidized apartments, the Google free education, etc etc.
Nothing so frustrating to hear that your dream polity has been realized in your town and you're not invited.
I'm not sure I'd call Google a "welfare state". They're not really tolerant of slackers, if you stop pulling your weight then you're out in the street.
Among the type of people who think "'welfare state' describes the kind of society I wish to live in", welfare state does not mean "we pay people to be slackers", it means "we have fairly robust systems for preventing the vagaries of life from materially impacting our citizens."
n.b. Not to infringe upon the HN politics rule but, for avoidance of doubt, the above does not describe my personal politics.
Nothing so frustrating to hear that your dream polity has been realized in your town and you're not invited.