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Interesting they were hoping to collect property taxes and other fees. If Google wants to have a private company run utopian town to run experiments in, they s
by droithomme 7y ago
Interesting they were hoping to collect property taxes and other fees.
If Google wants to have a private company run utopian town to run experiments in, they should do like Disney did in Florida. Buy some swamp land, develop it, incorporate it privately, and have absolute control. This plan in Toronto seems to be corporate colonization of a public city, through stealth.
- MDWolinski 7y agoExcept, of course, Google doesn't want that because much like 95% of their projects, they'll abandon it within 5 years anyways. Google wants the rewards, but not the risks, which with this project, they'll give the city to deal with after they lose interest in the project.