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Re:Are “landscrapers” the new skyscrapers? by rounce on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @06:21AM (#15851115)
> You just simply can't acquire the land in cities that you would need to build landscrapers.

Except, the OP case is London, which has some of the most expensive real-estate prices on the planet.

Not that I disagree with your overall point, just this final statement doesn't ring true.

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Re:Are “landscrapers” the new skyscrapers? by candiodari on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @08:04AM (#15851449)
https://www.theverge.com/2013/1/18/3889818/google-relocates-...

Let me check the bottom of my purse. Just a little bit short (measured in decimal places, about 8 of them).

TLDR: this landscraper is Google's way of storing/investing it's offshore cash, at it's heart it's a tax dodge (funny how it isn't mentioned in Mr. Khan's comments that a LOT of companies in London are in fact there purely as a tax dodge).

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