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> You just simply can't acquire the land in cities that you would need to build landscrapers. Except, the OP case is London, which has some of the most expensi
by rounce 9y ago
> You just simply can't acquire the land in cities that you would need to build landscrapers.
Except, the OP case is London, which has some of the most expensive real-estate prices on the planet.
Not that I disagree with your overall point, just this final statement doesn't ring true.
- candiodari 9y agohttps://www.theverge.com/2013/1/18/3889818/google-relocates-uk-headquarters-to-kings-cross-london https://www.theverge.com/2013/1/18/3889818/google-relocates-... Let me check the bottom of my purse. Just a little bit short (measured in decimal places, about 8 of them). TLDR: this landscraper is Google's way of storing/investing it's offshore cash, at it's heart it's a tax dodge (funny how it isn't mentioned in Mr. Khan's comments that a LOT of companies in London are in fact there purely as a tax dodge).