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This is such a ridiculously bad take. NYers were against Amazon for the same reason Seattle residents were against Amazon taking over SLU. Nobody wanted 15k gen
by takeout 8y ago
This is such a ridiculously bad take. NYers were against Amazon for the same reason Seattle residents were against Amazon taking over SLU. Nobody wanted 15k gentrifying jobs in LIC, half a mile from the Queensbridge Projects. Nobody wanted 15k transplant yuppies who don't want to contribute to culture at all. Nobody wanted Greenpoint, Astoria, and Williamsburg to turn (even more into) a gross similacrum of the Mission, where all the black and brown people get kicked out in favor of boring ass FAANG employees who only leave their 3k a month railroads to go to Soulcycle.
NYC is still a tech town. But it's not _only_ a tech town. You don't have to only be one thing in order to succeed.
- blang 8y agoThe diversity of Seattle has increased with the number of Amazon employees: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/data/seattle-is-less-white-than-it-has-ever-been-in-modern-history-new-census-data-show/ https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/data/seattle-is-le...
- takeout 8y agoRacial diversity != economic diversity. I can see why you thought I meant that, and for that I apologize.
- cdelsolar 8y agohow are the yuppies not contributing to culture? we invented avocado toast.
- wan23 8y agoNote that by "nobody" you mean actually mean a majority of New Yorkers, according to polling. Only 35% of New Yorkers were opposed to the plan.