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Which brought up the question: why Prineville. ... low tax rates and friendly climate to business, etc. In other words, whatever labor is needed is considered
by martincmartin 16y ago
Which brought up the question: why Prineville. ... low tax rates and friendly climate to business, etc.
In other words, whatever labor is needed is considered unskilled. You found a tech company in the Valley, NYC or Boston because, even though the costs are high, that's where you can attract the talent. When the quality of employees is a non-issue, you may as well place it in a place that's economically depressed, i.e. desperate.
- forkandwait 16y agoI would imagine they will be importing most of the talent -- either from Portland, (inter)nationally, or at least from Bend or Eugene or Corvallis. My guess is that it really is the taxes + land costs + electricity costs + environment (cool high desert is great for evap cooling). Also Oregon has good business taxes, if high income tax. Finally, there is good skiing nearby at Bachelor, nearby Redmond has a great airport, etc.