The rational people of New York want Amazon back. (AOC must be pissed.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/01/nyregion/cuomo-amazon.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/01/nyregion/cuomo-amazon.html
Amazon pulls the plug on second HQ location in New York
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It will be interesting to see how the DNC reacts to this. It's getting clearer that AOC's value isn't going to be what they'd hoped, it could be a chance for them to hang her out to dry without looking like they did.
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If I am the CEO of Amazon, I still won't move to NYC. Who wants AOC in his backyard and the hassle and waste of time dealing with that maniac and her supporters?
On the other side of the coin have you seen what these tech hubs do to cities.
Look up the homeless crisis in Seattle, Portland and San Francisco to see what happens.
We 're also getting the same kind of complaints here in Toronto as well. These highly skilled and highly paid jobs are leaving lesser skilled people unemployable and high house prices are leaving people homeless. Maybe we should stop encouraging the tech and movie industries to come here?
Now that you brought it up. What do Seattle, Portland and San Francisco have in common politically?
Won't happen. Politicians #1 concern is keeping the gravy flowing. They don't care about the future well-being of the country and it's citizens.
It's crazy the direction our country is going in. I feel like a minority in Toronto. They are going to need to start employment equity for my son when he starts working in 15 years- a seventh generation white Canadian.
Now I didn't say that did I? But city planners need to account for low level workers. Or where will the Baristas, servers, cleaners, hairdressers etc live who service these folks? And as well where will the needed mom and pop hair salons etc set up when the square footage is sky high?
It's about balance. And proper city planning. And the taxes charged to business to make that happen.
You're not that far off the mark Darts even though your pov is reactionary. Queens has been using Toronto as their economic role model: cultural diversity and innovation. Putting a monolith like Amazon there, with tax incentives would crush the local economy, AOC isn't wrong. Queens economy is booming, outpacing that of Brooklyn's, it's both an innovation and transport hub. John F Kennedy Airport is located there. The outlying areas of Nassau County are the ones complaining about the loss of Amazon.
Ain't she cute! Btw Vladimir Putin is the richest man in the world not Jeff Bezos.
Yes, virtually the entire state of California. Have you heard of the "homeless tax"? No, its not a tax on the homeless.
