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I am curious how this decision will impact the neighborhood and city in the long-term. Unless the city spends more to educate existing residents or finds a way

I am curious how this decision will impact the neighborhood and city in the long-term. Unless the city spends more to educate existing residents or finds a way to bring in a more qualified workforce, higher-paying jobs won't come to the city and tax revenue will stay flat. I'm afraid this will hurt the city more in the long-run than any gentrification would. This is probably also infuriating to other parts of Germany, which pay substantial subsidies to Berlin and a few other poorer states.

JBlue42 9y ago
>This is probably also infuriating to other parts of Germany, which pay substantial subsidies to Berlin and a few other poorer states. It can be annoying but that's what being a unified country is about. Can't say those of us here in California or in NY are too happy about our massive subsidies that go to the red states that accuse us of being full of "welfare queens" but that's the cost of being a country.