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Thinking about what cities should lay out the red carpet, if I were a city official in, say, St. Louis or Detroit, I'd be putting together an incentive plan wor
by clavalle 9y ago
Thinking about what cities should lay out the red carpet, if I were a city official in, say, St. Louis or Detroit, I'd be putting together an incentive plan worth billions. Amazon could turn around an entire mid-size city.
- notyourwork 9y agoColumbus, Ohio seems like a good choice. I do agree with St. Louis and Detroit too.
- 1_2__4 9y agoAnd then have it (the city) by the balls forever, to the detriment of the human inhabitants who are supposed to be the ones in charge of deciding what government does.
- dionidium 9y agoHave a look at what St. Louis offered to keep the NGA in the city: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/st-louis-prepares-for-nga-s-billion-dollar-move/article_39ae893a-2504-5004-a308-1fed845ae813.html http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/st-louis-prepares-f...
- peterkshultz 9y agoAmazon announced plans to open up a Detroit tech office a few years ago [1]. [1]: http://www.freep.com/story/money/business/michigan/2015/09/28/amazon-detroit-duggan-snyder-technology-retail-tech/72797396/ http://www.freep.com/story/money/business/michigan/2015/09/2...