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So we're back to building company towns?

• tbrownaw 3y ago
  As long as they pay in real money rather than scrip and the local institutions don't discriminate based on whether you work for The Company, I wouldn't think it would be worse than any other new neighborhood in the same area.
• ninth_ant 3y ago
  Well the actual towns aren't building much anything, so...
• Keegs 3y ago
  I wouldn’t be shocked if they came back. It’s so hard to build that being a large company gives you both the opportunity and incentives. It’s normal to want a short commute. If you can offer employees an affordable place to live near your office, you might even get away with lower salaries: if the difference would disappear to rent anyway, why not live in Googleville with complimentary YouTube TV?
• efields 3y ago
  Yeah and I don’t think it’s a terrible thing. It’s not a fantastic thing, but they are building public spaces and they are building affordable units. Sadly the best we can get at the moment.
• 0max 3y ago
  If you read Octavia Butler, you know where we're headed.