For purposes of cost effectiveness and decentralization, the following factors, among other factors, shall be considered:

(1) Dual location of programs within a city should be considered in order to take advantage of possible economies of scale and as a matter of convenience to the general public; or

(2) When all factors are reasonably equivalent, preferences will be given to location of state government programs and facilities in those counties which are determined by the Department of Community Affairs to be the most economically depressed, such term shall mean those 80 counties of the state designated as "less developed" under the Job Tax Credit Program.