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Re:Amazon Pulls Out of Planned New York City Campus by Spooky23 on Thursday February 14, 2019 @05:09PM (#19166551)
Totally agree. In my neck of the woods one county nearly bankrupted a neighboring one by offering an existing business a deal that led them to move a few miles away. The old county was stuck with sewer bonds and other costs while the revenue vaporized.

It’s difficult though as it’s a prisoner’s dilemma type situation.

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Re:Amazon Pulls Out of Planned New York City Campus by taurath on Thursday February 14, 2019 @05:22PM (#19166649)
It sounds like the county that was bankrupted left themselves at the mercy of the business.
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Re:Amazon Pulls Out of Planned New York City Campus by Spooky23 on Thursday February 14, 2019 @06:38PM (#19167142)
Yes and no. I believe in this case they had an obligation to provide the sewer, and water/sewer ratepayers are responsible for costs. You can’t make an individual ratepayer responsible for the sewer.

Definitely a bad situation and a story told a thousand times in the US

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