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Re:Google could buy $110M worth of land, without subsidies, ... by Apocryphon on Monday November 19, 2018 @01:00PM (#18488271)
It could be, if only large companies would attempt to move to smaller cities, and show any interest in following through with that intention.
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Re:Google could buy $110M worth of land, without subsidies, ... by lotsofpulp on Monday November 19, 2018 @04:22PM (#18489862)
I’m saying it must not be to their economic benefit, otherwise it would have happened already.
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Re:Google could buy $110M worth of land, without subsidies, ... by kethinov on Monday November 19, 2018 @08:04PM (#18491098)
The market is not perfectly rational. Sometimes companies do things that are against their economic interests due to irrational perceptions to the contrary.
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