Commentary Employment information jobs in San Jose, San Francisco and Seattle increased five percent in 2020, despite a large number of anecdotal evidence to the contrary—and also despite a six percent decrease of information jobs across the U.S. during the pandemic-ravaged year. Broadly speaking, “information jobs” includes employment in traditional media such as publication, telecommunications, broadcasting and film and television production, as well as newer jobs in software development, web hosting and data processing. These strong engines of economic growth are expected to create the foundation for even further local GDP grown in the metro areas around San Jose and San Francisco through 2025. Silicon Valley, the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metropolitan area, is forecast to see its local economy expand a further 25 percent from 2020 through 2025 after increasing 41 percent during the 2015-2019 time period. That is the prognostication of the just published research briefing on U.S. Cities …