'Google go home': the Berlin neighbourhood fighting off a tech giant

Re:'Google go home': the Berlin neighbourhood fighting off a... by tnolet on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @04:44AM (#17028296)

I live in this neighbourhood and my office is on the same street, one block from the new campus. The area is nice and lively, so I get people want an office there (hell, I did the same!). But Google has the means to positively impact the less hip, more strugling parts of Berlin. I bet people would welcome them with open arms in Marzhan or Wedding.

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Re:'Google go home': the Berlin neighbourhood fighting off a... by itsmenotyou on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @06:31AM (#17028772)

This is true, but Google isn't a philanthropic organization. They want to profit from the reflective "hipness" that comes from being based in Kreuzberg, even if by being there they accelerate the destruction of that same hipness.

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Re:'Google go home': the Berlin neighbourhood fighting off a... by biztos on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @04:55AM (#17028345)

Yes, but would the people Google wants to hire want to work in Marzahn or Wedding?

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Re:'Google go home': the Berlin neighbourhood fighting off a... by erikb on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @05:12AM (#17028425)

If Google is there, they would. And if not Berlin is one of the few cities on this planet where people actually live in the city center and drive outside for work.

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Re:'Google go home': the Berlin neighbourhood fighting off a... by collyw on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @06:31AM (#17028771)

IBM has a train station outside of the city in Scotland, why couldn't Google do that?

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Re:'Google go home': the Berlin neighbourhood fighting off a... by tnolet on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @05:24AM (#17028469)

People already do for things like university and other companies around the airports. It would be an experiment for Google of course, but they have the means and it could change public opinion massively.

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Re:'Google go home': the Berlin neighbourhood fighting off a... by alexgmcm on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @08:04AM (#17029147)

I worked in Charité in Wedding - it was fine, the only pain was I was living in Schlachtensee so I had a huge commute every day.

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Re:'Google go home': the Berlin neighbourhood fighting off a... by marijn on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @07:04AM (#17028911)

Since most people in those neighborhoods are already suffering under increasing rent prices, I really doubt many of them would be happy to have another gentrifying influence near them.

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