Re:Why Don’t the 20 Cities on Amazon's HQ2 Shortlist Collect...
by throwaway1748 on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @04:57PM
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Unaffordable is relative. If HQ2 brings thousands of high-paying jobs with it, plus creates an ecosystem where tens of thousands of other good paying jobs are created, housing can become more affordable to more people while rising in price.
Owning a house has been a part of the post-WW2 American dream for good reason, and it should remain so. And people buying homes should want their property to retain value
Re:Why Don’t the 20 Cities on Amazon's HQ2 Shortlist Collect...
by xg15 on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @08:01PM
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> Unaffordable is relative. If HQ2 brings thousands of high-paying jobs with it, plus creates an ecosystem where tens of thousands of other good paying jobs are created, housing can become more affordable to more people while rising in price.
Shouldn't this have played out just like that in SF then?
Re:Why Don’t the 20 Cities on Amazon's HQ2 Shortlist Collect...
by s73ver_ on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @06:10PM
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Except none of that helps someone who doesn't have one of those Amazon jobs, and sees their rent soar anyway.
Re:Why Don’t the 20 Cities on Amazon's HQ2 Shortlist Collect...
by dumbfounder on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @03:16PM
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I would rather live in a housing market that continues to increase rather than one that goes up and down with the wind.
Other than code for "making everything much more unaffordable", what does this mean?
And yeah, it's pollution for those who don't have high paying tech jobs. There are more people living in those cities than Amazon employees; their interests and needs need to be taking into consideration as well.