It's can be ~impossible to get proper funding for a new subway for existing users, but if it brings 50k new good jobs also? That subway can get approved much m

It's can be ~impossible to get proper funding for a new subway for existing users, but if it brings 50k new good jobs also? That subway can get approved much more easily. Chicken/Egg scenario in many cases. Re: specific company tax exemptions - Pittsburgh as an example. Steel left, the city was in a depression. The city then gave a sweet heart deal to UPMC, who then expanded massively and became the states largest private employer. That coupled with good universities (Fore and it's offspring) led to the tech revival the city is currently enjoying. Does Pittsburgh need Amazon? Maybe, maybe not - but it could* be incredibly helpful, time will tell.