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I wish. They returned the cactus.
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I guess you're stuck with it.
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I'd be surprised if California gets it. High taxes and cost of living, awful traffic, and a business unfriendly leftist government.
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That's us!
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So business unfriendly we're the sixth largest economy in the world, all by ourselves.
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OT*-Who do you think should get the Amazon headquarters?
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Climate, geography, ocean access, Silicon Valley, aerospace and defense industry, all in spite of the business unfriendly state government. Oh, and I forgot the real estate industry driving the economy too, as if that helps the average citizen that has to rent or buy a home here. Last edited by MikeD; 10-21-2017 at 06:01 PM. |
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Boston isn't saying "no tax breaks", they're just saying "show us what you're bringing to the table and then we'll talk about tax incentives ". Also, I think Suffolk Downs would be an awful site.
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OK guys lets keep politics out of it. Thanks
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It'll be east of the Mississippi for sure...even though my city (Birmingham) is in the running, I really hope we don't get it as I like Amazon too much and the last thing I want to see is a bunch of douchebag politicians puffing out their chests and talking about how great they are for woo-ing Amazon when in reality they've sold the house for free, threw in the children, and promised to mow the yard for eternity.
It'll be someplace with some regional centrality to it, access to interstates and rail, and somewhere technical poeple want to raise a family without getting obliterated by a hurricane every other year. Probably Richmond, VA or Northwest Indiana. |
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Someone told me today it would be Detroit. It would revive a once thriving city.
My personal sentimental wish would be Little Rock. Centrally located with a good quality of life.
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I've heard it said that big companies know well in advance where they want their new business to be. They just use approaching other cities as negotiating leverage to get tax advantages where they wanted to be all along.
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No, they think the vast majority would live on the rather large site.
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I'm retired so I just avoid driving weekdays 6-10am and 3:30-6:30pm and when I worked I lived 2-3 miles from my office. We are getting an extension of our Trolley System and there will be a station 2 blocks from my home. Needless to say quite a few of my neighbors were against this project especially those whose homes front the tracks. I think that's silly because the tracks will run alongside I-5 and I doubt anyone will hear the trolley over the steady hum/roar of the freeway. The new trolley line will enable us to get almost anywhere I would want to go while leaving my car in the garage. |
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