Amazon to move it’s second headquarters to Queens.[update 2/14 : Amazon cancels its plans.

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

NYC is the epicenter for finance, legal, advertising, publishing, journalism and fashion industries etc. and has a very healthy amount of tech, engineering and architecture jobs. I’m missing some industries too. If you can’t find a job there something’s wrong. The problem is affordability. Not jobs.

Just like @88m3 said. Now instead of doing something useful with that land and building housing that would be in demand, now they're just going to make more useless condos for tax shelters and money laundering

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Irrelevant and easily rebuttable premise

i'm waiting...

 

[Cave Savage]

It's going to have more of a negative impact wherever else they move it

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

It gets to a point where the cons outweigh the pros.

Fine you get 25k jobs that pay 150k

At the cost of sinking a neighborhood of 150k people (I'm pulling numbers out the aether) because they cant afford.

Which has a domino effect of other resources like affordable housing becoming more scarce and EBT becoming more prominent. Transportation gets overwhelmed (same subways and buses the yuppies use).

Hell other business who actually need or want the tax subsidies are shyt outta luck because the state cant grant anymore.

Domino effect

I think the effects were overblown.

Why?

There was NOTHING in seattle before amazon compared to what it is now.

NYC doesn't have that issue. Just like DC/NOVA. Theres stuff already there.

People got scared of gentification without realizing that SOMETIMES people just gotta move!

Everyone migrates.

Theres a reason you were born where you were born and theres a reason some places get re-investment.

We gotta start controlling our own destiny out here man...i'm tired of some of this low brow thinking.

 

[BigMan]

i'm waiting...

In metro Atlanta, poverty is increasing fastest in suburbs, Harvard study finds
Poverty Moves From City To Suburbs In Metro Atlanta
Suburban Poverty: Atlanta's Hidden Epidemic | 90.1 FM WABE
Suburbs and the New American Poverty
Atlanta No. 4 for suburban poverty growth - Atlanta Magazine
Charlotte’s poor struggle to advance
Why It’s So Hard to Get Ahead in the South
These Are The 10 Richest Black Communities In America | Black Excellence
An ‘Amazon Effect’ on Queens Real Estate? Here’s Why Brokers Say It’s Real
Amazon’s HQ2 deal with New York, explained
Amazon far more diverse at warehouses than in professional ranks
https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/34991163
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...wealthy-black-transplants-but-locals-languish
Start with these

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

In metro Atlanta, poverty is increasing fastest in suburbs, Harvard study finds
Poverty Moves From City To Suburbs In Metro Atlanta
Suburban Poverty: Atlanta's Hidden Epidemic | 90.1 FM WABE
Suburbs and the New American Poverty
Atlanta No. 4 for suburban poverty growth - Atlanta Magazine
Charlotte’s poor struggle to advance
Why It’s So Hard to Get Ahead in the South
These Are The 10 Richest Black Communities In America | Black Excellence
An ‘Amazon Effect’ on Queens Real Estate? Here’s Why Brokers Say It’s Real
Amazon’s HQ2 deal with New York, explained
Amazon far more diverse at warehouses than in professional ranks
25 richest cities in America: Does your metro area make the list?
Bloomberg - Are you a robot?
Start with these

ATL's problem is zoning not allowing density.

You're wrong.

 

[BigMan]

ATL's problem is zoning not allowing density.

You're wrong.

Irrelevant strawman comment. Address the articles first

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Irrelevant strawman comment. Address the articles first

You posted irrelevant articles about how "locals" don't benefit from corporate jobs.

Define "locals"

if you're skilled, you benefit. Its that simple. I've seen it.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

man this forum has A LOT of people with NOTHING going for themselves

 

[BigMan]

You posted irrelevant articles about how "locals" don't benefit from corporate jobs.

Define "locals"

if you're skilled, you benefit. Its that simple. I've seen it.

Uh huh. Your personal anecdotes > data

 

[Kyle Barker]

Fix the title to say DC area if you going to update it.

 

[concise]

There are PLENTY of people working over 40 hours in fast food.


What reality do some of you dudes live in?

One like this.
NY Daily News - We are currently unavailable in your region

 

[concise]

Sans the tax cuts, who cares?

i mean REALLY.

The economy and types of jobs are evolving.

They were not coming here without the tax cuts so your point is silly.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Uh huh. Your personal anecdotes > data

well you don't know about F500 companies in the South.

I do.

 

[GunRanger]

These liberals are so fukking stupid. My god