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This is the real meat of the story: City of Toronto is willing to give cheap land and subsidies as a lure in the hope that some tech money will dribble back in
by frabbit 9y ago
This is the real meat of the story: City of Toronto is willing to give cheap land and subsidies as a lure in the hope that some tech money will dribble back into CAN economy. This is a much better article:
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/metropolis/2017/10/sidewalk_labs_quayside_development_in_toronto_is_google_s_first_shot_at.html http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/metropolis/2017/10/...
- bparsons 9y agoIt is a good deal for Toronto. The land has sat undeveloped and contaminated for decades. You need someone with extremely deep pockets to come along and develop that space, even if it does mean giving up something in return.
- frabbit 9y agoSure. But the idea that it's happening in Toronto because Canadians are somehow more into the idea of AI than other places is a bit silly. Hence, my argument that this is a more information rich article.