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Re:Google drops plans for Berlin campus after protests by keiferski on Friday October 26, 2018 @09:20AM (#18308878)
I used to agree with you, but considering the fact that San Francisco has gone from “semi-affordable haven for weirdos and off-beat culture” to “single most expensive city in America filled primarily with tech workers and the homeless” in less than 30 years, I don’t any more. Semi-similar situations for lower Manhattan, Paris, East London, ad infinitum.

A place can have a unique culture that’s worth maintaining. How to maintain it - I don’t know. But converting everything to MegaCo offices probably isn’t the solution.

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Re:Google drops plans for Berlin campus after protests by woodpanel on Friday October 26, 2018 @09:35AM (#18309032)
San Francisco is actually a good example of what NIMBYism does. Zoning restrictions and rent controls that are unrivaled in the US did everything to that city you've just stated as things to avoid while attributing them to "MegaCo".

The housing market by its nature has a weak flexibility to adapt to new demand. NIMBYism acts like a lever on that inflexibility.

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Re:Google drops plans for Berlin campus after protests by keiferski on Friday October 26, 2018 @09:42AM (#18309091)
Building more housing would not suddenly make MegaCo's presence and impact on the culture less noticable in X city.
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Re:Google drops plans for Berlin campus after protests by de_Selby on Friday October 26, 2018 @11:16AM (#18310000)
Not even 30 years, more like 15.
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