True, but didn't Yoshi-P go on record saying that you'll have access to the new Jobs right away, regardless of level? He might have simply meant "you don't need to be max-level", but the implication definitely strikes me as "Even if you're a new player, you can start with these Jobs", and if that's the case, then the options are either A) the new Jobs are placed in existing cities, or B) they'll get a brand-new starter area.

Either case is totally plausible, I think. I *prefer* the idea of getting a new starter-area, but it's certainly no more or less likely than the alternative. The only thing I could see myself wondering about, is how the new Jobs would fit into the existing cities. In that way, a new starter-area makes more sense to me, plus the fact that many players have already exhausted the other areas of quests, and a new area would ease the process of leveling something new, even for existing characters.