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Not necessarily. For starters every big company hires people like janitors and other service type jobs that require no education, and yes Amazon would hire those with just a high school degree for those jobs. Security jobs too.
Not every job requiring a degree means you need to have a tech degree. Amazon would hire people to do general office work, HR, advertising, etc. And some of this WOULD be local Black and Hispanic.
The city would love to get Amazon to move to some place like the Bronx. De Blasio doesn't have to worry about getting reelected for mayor, and if Amazon chose NYC, de Blasio would use that to try to launch a run for office. Maybe Bezos would give him some money.
Also don't forget support industries that will utilize or be client to Amazon 2nd headquarters. Why do you think factories have business around it. It's like a Roach feeding off droppings from people.
Amazon should go to a city that needs an economic boost. NYC is already way too dense in terms of population. The quality of life is not great and cost of living is extremely high. Look at the # of housing lottery threads we have on this site. Soon enough it will be only the rich and poor living in NYC and the middle class will be shipped to the outskirts of NYC.
In terms of jobs, Amazon will hire top candidates. This will come from all over the USA, Canada, Europe, Inidia. Let's remember the animosity that some posters have for "Transplants". This will bring more of those people. LOL. U guys are funny!
Okay, let’s use your logic. Wouldn’t 50,000 transplants to Newark, a city that needs that economic boost like you suggest, drive up the cost of living there and drive out the people there now?
Surely 50K people to Newark (or some other similar city) overwhelm it more than much larger NYC? 50K new people in NYC wouldn’t even be a blip.
If Amazon does come to NYC, then you will see gentrification on steroids. Just look at places like Seattle, SF, where tech companies have big shops. All the poor people around will get pushed out.
There's no room here and already expensive, don't need SF prices here.
So using that logic, only people in NYC currently is allowed. Newcomers are not wanted?
Also, doesn’t that fly completely against the NYC liberals’ mantra of welcoming everyone?
What logic? I stated "Let's remember the animosity that some posters have for "Transplants". This will bring more of those people. LOL. U guys are funny!" Is this not the case? I have seen several threads that were anti-transplants/anti-gentrification in this forum. An Amazon HQ in NYC will exacerbate those scenarios.
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Okay, let’s use your logic. Wouldn’t 50,000 transplants to Newark, a city that needs that economic boost like you suggest, drive up the cost of living there and drive out the people there now?
Surely 50K people to Newark (or some other similar city) overwhelm it more than much larger NYC? 50K new people in NYC wouldn’t even be a blip.
If it does then that is Newark's problem not mine. NYC is already super expensive. Is Newark as expensive as NYC?
Surely 50K people to Newark (or some other similar city) overwhelm it more than much larger NYC = I would assume the NJ Governor and Newark Mayor considered those factors before putting their city in the run for the HQ. Didn't they?
I noticed your location is New Jersey. Why are you against Amazon calling Newark home? This would gentrified Newark. make it safer, etc. It's also close to NYC. So i can see Amazon just calling it home. Downtown NYC is a subway or taxi ride away.
The talented work force will be Transplant, support workers will be local market. Nyc natives do not Have the skill sets that suburban white transplants have. .
Actually these jobs are usually covered by outsourced agencies. That is why the days that one started as a janitor and ended up in the C-level jobs are pretty much gone.
When did I say someone was going to get a job as a janitor and move up the corporate ladder? I made no such claim.
Being hired by an outsourced agency still means workers with just a high school degree will benefit from
Amazon’s presence.
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