Quote Originally Posted by Luciun View Post
It is on the same continent, but a separate "country"/"city-state", however you wish to see it, as it were. So what I said still remains true. There is no reason for those jobs to start in Eorzea. Their purpose is in Ishgard as far as we know. Ishgardians are stingy with their stuff.
The other cities are also separate "country/city-state"

Eorzea is Aldenard + Vylbrand. And Ishgard was already part of the Eorzea Alliance before the battle of the Silvertear Lake (they left the alliance after the battle).
So, even if the jobs start within Ishgard, it is still in Eorzea.