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What I don't understand is, why don't companies (or a bunch of them) that have large stocks of cash (billions/trillions) just buy a huge load of land somewhere
by NKCSS 10y ago
What I don't understand is, why don't companies (or a bunch of them) that have large stocks of cash (billions/trillions) just buy a huge load of land somewhere in the US and build a country inside a country? There are places where land costs near nothing; just hook up all the facilities and GO.
- jakozaur 10y agoYou can even pick an existing city and start from there. There are tons of places in USA and Europe that would provide tons of benefits anyone willing to move there.
- raverbashing 10y agoBecause the bay area was created to be isolated, in a self-centered culture. by design (before the end of WWII, to create technology as far away as the conflict in Europe) The "cool people" came later, those who were deployed on the Pacific Theatre and decided to stay there. Granted, some of them were there before, because of the cinema industry They, in a way, thrived on isolation.
- Hydraulix989 10y agoIt goes before that, the 1849 Gold Rush was the "first boom" well before anything dotcom and its poignant parallels.