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Old 12-10-2015, 06:06 PM
 
Location: Northeast states
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For Boston to make short list today is ominous for Ct. In all likelihood, they will relo. Late run states usually are chosen as they swooped late for solid reasons.

Boston is much more desirable than Connecticut cities and has nice suburbs with good schools. Providence is up and coming area also.

 
Old 12-10-2015, 07:33 PM
 
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For Boston to make short list today is ominous for Ct. In all likelihood, they will relo. Late run states usually are chosen as they swooped late for solid reasons.
Massachusetts has made significant strides since the days of Mike Dukakis and the moniker of Taxachusetts. Seems like Massachusetts and Connecticut have swapped places over the last 30 to 40 years.
 
Old 12-10-2015, 07:42 PM
 
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Massachusetts has made significant strides since the days of Mike Dukakis and the moniker of Taxachusetts. Seems like Massachusetts and Connecticut have swapped places over the last 30 to 40 years.



It does, and when anyone makes the short list late, they did something terrific to impress the corp.
 
Old 12-10-2015, 08:40 PM
 
Location: Connecticut
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For Boston to make short list today is ominous for Ct. In all likelihood, they will relo. Late run states usually are chosen as they swooped late for solid reasons.
You are speculating again. No one knows for certain what cities were on their original list. A month ago people were insisting Atlanta was the top choice, now it is not. They supposedly looked at buildings there too. Again we do not know with any certainty what their decision will be. Jay
 
Old 12-10-2015, 08:42 PM
 
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You are speculating again. . Jay


Based off the same pattern repeating all over the nation. Boston was not in the top 2, but they got the last pitch. Suspicious. Perhaps they came up with an amazing offer. But seen this play out all over, and late to party has an edge.
 
Old 12-10-2015, 08:46 PM
 
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Boston is much more desirable than Connecticut cities and has nice suburbs with good schools. Providence is up and coming area also.
nah, way overrated
 
Old 12-10-2015, 09:00 PM
 
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You know if thing's get really bad Malloy could just start selling CT to neighboring state's. Could sell half of Fairfield County to NY. Could sell the Quiet Corner to Massachusetts. Keep Litchfield County, Danbury area, New Haven/Bridgeport area, New London area, and Windsor Locks area. Think can erase the debt in the state ha.
 
Old 12-11-2015, 06:33 AM
 
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Boston is much more desirable than Connecticut cities and has nice suburbs with good schools. Providence is up and coming area also.
This is just speculation but why do I think Boston & GE go together like PB&J?

Boston has the tech, the knowledge, the infrastructure and the "New England" culture GE is looking for. Fairfield (no offense) is stale. Has anyone seen the GE commercials, what do they always feature as the main focus...young millennials living in a City atmosphere. That is something Fairfield cannot provide.

GE is also building 2 new headquarters around Boston. One for the Healthcare business and the other is lighting business.

Also, Providence could be a nice little satellite office for GE. Not a far drive from Boston and still very nice. You have plenty of College talent and it's cheaper than Boston but offers the same (granted smaller scale) entertainment and living. Plus maybe some of the wealthier employees like the Cape & RI beaches better.

This will be an interesting outcome.
 
Old 12-11-2015, 06:59 AM
 
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Boston is much more desirable than Connecticut cities and has nice suburbs with good schools. Providence is up and coming area also.
MA and RI are not exactly business-friendly locales. MA maybe a little better than CT, while RI could be worse.


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This is just speculation but why do I think Boston & GE go together like PB&J?

Boston has the tech, the knowledge, the infrastructure and the "New England" culture GE is looking for. Fairfield (no offense) is stale. Has anyone seen the GE commercials, what do they always feature as the main focus...young millennials living in a City atmosphere. That is something Fairfield cannot provide.
GE is prominent enough to attract any talent is wants, wherever it is. Besides you're not comparing Boston to the hills of Kentucky Appalachia (no disrespect to those people.) still using dial-up modem to read the news.

In terms of tech and knowledge, CT is not that far behind MA.

Appeal to millennials, which really are at the bottom of totem pole at GE, is probably overrated, and important to a millennial like yourself, but meaningless to upper eschelons of GE.

What you are not talking about is legacy personnel -- middle and upper management, living on 500k+ houses, in nice, sterile towns, driving their Lexuses to GE's compound. I doubt these people will find Boston suburbs any cheaper, or at better schools than FFC hill towns. Property Tax in some nice towns could be even higher than FFC.

Regarding transportation -- If anything, Boston area traffic is probably as bad as FFC.
 
Old 12-11-2015, 07:14 AM
 
Location: Connecticut
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Based off the same pattern repeating all over the nation. Boston was not in the top 2, but they got the last pitch. Suspicious. Perhaps they came up with an amazing offer. But seen this play out all over, and late to party has an edge.
How do you know? You are speculating again. Also where did you see that Boston get the "last pitch"? Jay
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