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Re:Iowa's handout to Apple illustrates the folly of corporat... by rdtsc on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @09:52PM (#15137565)
Saw this happen a few times. One instance was when NCR (National Cash Register) headquartered in Dayton, OH decided to move to Georgia because it had gotten $60M worth (in 2009 dollars) of tax breaks and other incentives there.

It followed the incentives sure, so from that point can't blame it, but it had cost Dayton, an already struggling city, even more pain.

Another motive behind forced moves is to shed experienced (and thus expensive) / senior people who had been there longer. They are more likely to have families, kids in schools, homes, etc and so might not move.

Re:Iowa's handout to Apple illustrates the folly of corporat... by pfranz on Thursday August 31, 2017 @01:06AM (#15138282)
Interesting podcast talking about companies moving from one side of Kansas City to another:

http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2016/05/04/476799218/episo...

Re:Iowa's handout to Apple illustrates the folly of corporat... by turk183 on Thursday August 31, 2017 @09:00AM (#15139932)
Dell in North Carolina--opened up shop to collect the tax break then rolled up the sidewalks when the break expired.