Upvote for the throwback to ‚trading equity in Dallas‘
The problem if Dallas becomes one of Amazon's H2Qs
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Except that's not really the case.
People are assuming that the three headquarters would all have the same staffing requirements, but in reality the workforce will be tailored to the local climate. So Seattle will remain the tech-bro west coast headquarters and DC will be for the lawyers and non-tech CFO types. If there is a third campus in, say, Dallas, it will be mostly staffed by low-end tech support people, customer service, and middle management types, all appropriate to the simple and easily confused nature of the modal Texan. Well performing employees will be rewarded with complementary Mountain Dew and the locals will happily spend their paychecks on unfiltered cigarettes and the finest imported fentanyl.
Funny thing is how far off from reality this paragraph is. I visit here from time to time to see the mind set of a modern economist, it is mostly out of touch.
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There was a time not long ago when Texas was the place to be. Dell and TI were riding the tech book, and Enron was one of the hottest companies on Earth.
Cheap land and low taxes could draw a lot of tech Bros trying to raise a family out there, and once Amazon reaches critical mass, it could easily have more allure than Seattle or DC.
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Yeah, no tech worker would ever move to Texas. Apple, Samsung, IBM, Dell, etc. have all been unable to staff their investments in Austin, as just a few examples. Oh, wait...
Amazon is supposedly going to split the 2nd HQ between two cities. Per the Wall St. Journal the 3 named finalists are Dallas, NYC and N VA.
If Dallas wins it will be the red headed stepchild and none of the high performers will go there. Dallas has very few of the amenities tech workers would want. And you'd be surrounded by redstate whiners in all directions.
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Nyc got it. Lol
I grew up in NYC and, unfortunately, still live here. If it weren't for the conveniences afforded by having my entire family residing within a 5 mile radius of my home, I'd leave. For many purposes, I would choose Dallas, among many other cities, over NYC.
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Red state areas --
Good for: fretting about caravans & Shariah law and getting addicted to opioids.
Bad for: attracting innovative companies and smart peopleAs a non-american, I've more respect for a working-class guy that broke his back on the job and were prescripted oxycontin by a doctor that didn't know/care about it making you addicted, than for a lìberàl pot-head, graduated in grievance studies, who throws stuff at the police in a manifestation for asking for more public funding for some bs.
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^ stop glorifying working class people. They are paid for their labor just like anyone else. If there was a shortage of people with a particular skill, then the wage would rise quickly. There's nothing special about blue collar work. This populist bs is getting tiring.