Subaru's search for HQ (Philadelphia: home, vs, authority)

[frankgn87]

Originally Posted by UDResident

Not smug? Really? Okay....


20+ years of the type of experience that sheltered people like you only read about definitely trumps your 50.... every time.

LOL I like you... Gotta grab at something!

[UDResident]

Originally Posted by Hopes

I suspect he is speaking for himself and a handful of coworkers. He is too intense about this topic to not work for Subaru.

You do realize he's not talking about me, right? He was talking to you.

"Intense"? No... sorry. I'm merely more than a bit curious as to how the conversation is entirely consisting of how bad we should feel for Cherry Hill when I've personally seen pieces/blogs/online posts suggesting this company or that company should move to the city. Isn't it just a tad bit odd that not even so much as a blog is putting forth the idea?

[UDResident]

Originally Posted by frankgn87

LOL I like you... Gotta grab at something!

You mean like you constantly do?

You don't know me, frank.

[Hopes]

Originally Posted by frankgn87

Your opinion, Not fact.. I know a few high level employees (Neighbors)there and they love Jersey and their neighborhoods. They said they would stay where they are now in Jersey and drive or take the train)to Philly if it moved across the bridge.

Originally Posted by UDResident

Just like you do nothing but state YOUR opinion (and have the nerve to claim it as fact).

You know how many people out of a possible 900 employees? Please, do tell. You're the "inside man" on this one, too, right? You clearly know ALL of the goings-on and inner workings of the situation so please enlighten us uninformed heathens.

Pot. Kettle. You claim to know what the workers want too.

Most homeowners aren't going to sell their houses and move to the city, especially when the distance isn't very far.

If you can't comprehend that, you must not be a homeowner.

[frankgn87]

Originally Posted by UDResident

And of course you know all about the situation and their thinking, right frank? We should "trust you" on this one because you're the inside man huh?

And the city can't offer tax breaks or incentives or anything of course...

Yea , Philly will lax the city wage tax just for the Subaru employes..

You are funny., I love how you think a 20 year old with NO corporate or work experience has more of a clue then someone with 30 years corporate and industries experience. That made me smile..

[frankgn87]

Originally Posted by Hopes

Pot. Kettle. You claim to know what the workers want too.

Most homeowners aren't going to sell their houses and move to the city, especially when the distance isn't very far.

If you can't comprehend that, you must not be a homeowner.

Nope. No home owner there... So he can't think like a home owner.

[southbound_295]

Originally Posted by UDResident

Ever since I heard about Subaru's potential move from Cherry Hill, I've been searching the internet and our various media outlets for information. Why is it that the only thing I see is about "how bad" it would be for Cherry Hill to lose Subaru? Why is it that in not one single blog, one single media source of any type is there even the idea that Philadelphia should try to lure the headquarters of a company that the city partially birthed? Why is the media of the fifth largest city in this country dominated by stories about how bad we should all feel for Cherry Hill if they do in fact lose Subaru?

Where were the stories in the New Jersey press when they stole companies such as Subaru and even Acme from the city where they originated about how bad it was for the fifth largest city in the US to lose these companies? Why is it that when the shoe may be on the other foot for once, nobody even puts forth the idea of luring one of the fastest growing car companies in the US to a city that can easily more than accommodate their need for Class A office space to fit up to 900 employees (not to mention the many advantages and benefits being in the city and not the New Jersey suburbs would give Subaru)?

It's especially odd to me given the way Subaru's print and online ads are all about how proud it is to be in the Philadelphia region (and really, given that all of the ads are of Philadelphia landmarks, are even misleading people to associate them with the city).

Why is it that it seems like the city doesn't have the same killer instinct to poach companies or jobs as its other big city peers, let alone its suburban neighbors? Shouldn't Philadelphia have no problem with the fact that the suburbs who lived by the sword of poaching companies can die by it as well? Why should Philadelphia take the high road when its suburban neighbors to this day continue to try to poach any company they can from the city?

The Subaru Headquarters is on the site of the old Latin Casino. Cherry Hill was still Delaware Twp when the Latin moved there to get a larger facility than they could afford in Philadelphia. When the Latin Closed it was replaced by a big Disco, Emerald City. That building was razed to build the Subaru Headquarters when they were still pronouncing it Soo BAR oo. They had temporary offices elsewhere & consolidated into that building.

As for people, my family moved into Cherry Hill in 1964 from Michigan. The population was a mix of people from elsewhere (primarily the Midwest) Philadelphia, & Camden. By far, the majority of local transplants were people escaping Camden. Nothing was poached from Philadelphia.

[UDResident]

Originally Posted by Hopes

Pot. Kettle. You claim to know what the workers want too.

Most homeowners aren't going to sell their houses and move to the city, especially when the distance isn't very far.

If you can't comprehend that, you must not be a homeowner.

Show me one example where I did that. I'll wait.

I never said they would.

If you can't comprehend that, maybe you should stop trying to "refute" what I say.

Originally Posted by frankgn87

Yea , Philly will lax the city wage tax just for the Subaru employes..

You are funny., I love how you think a 20 year old with NO corporate or work experience has more of a clue then someone with 30 years corporate and industries experience. That made me smile..

Have you not seen them do it for other companies? Oh, and hey... what about that Oracle bill they passed? Hmmm...... seems that would be a pretty big incentive given that it GIVES any company who creates 250 jobs over a certain amount of time (let alone 900) some of their employees' tax dollars.

Almost 25, buddy, and isn't it just like how a person from Bucks County constantly talks like he's the expert on what it's "really like" in an urban neighborhood?

Corporate and industries experience in this very field, frank? Do you have any idea how many people on this forum alone could try to say the same things you do based on their "experience" in the work world? Yet they don't... do they?

[frankgn87]

Originally Posted by southbound_295

The Subaru Headquarters is on the site of the old Latin Casino. Cherry Hill was still Delaware Twp when the Latin moved there to get a larger facility than they could afford in Philadelphia. When the Latin Closed it was replaced by a big Disco, Emerald City. That building was razed to build the Subaru Headquarters when they were still pronouncing it Soo BAR oo. They had temporary offices elsewhere & consolidated into that building.

As for people, my family moved into Cherry Hill in 1964 from Michigan. The population was a mix of people from elsewhere (primarily the Midwest) Philadelphia, & Camden. By far, the majority of local transplants were people escaping Camden. Nothing was poached from Philadelphia.

I loved Emerald city!!

[UDResident]

Originally Posted by frankgn87

Nope. No home owner there... So he can't think like a home owner.

Because it's so very difficult to think like a home owner. It's just such an unbelievably difficult thing to comprehend that nobody could ever possibly get in that mindset unless they actually owned a home.

Are you serious right now?

Originally Posted by southbound_295

The Subaru Headquarters is on the site of the old Latin Casino. Cherry Hill was still Delaware Twp when the Latin moved there to get a larger facility than they could afford in Philadelphia. When the Latin Closed it was replaced by a big Disco, Emerald City. That building was razed to build the Subaru Headquarters when they were still pronouncing it Soo BAR oo. They had temporary offices elsewhere & consolidated into that building.

As for people, my family moved into Cherry Hill in 1964 from Michigan. The population was a mix of people from elsewhere (primarily the Midwest) Philadelphia, & Camden. By far, the majority of local transplants were people escaping Camden. Nothing was poached from Philadelphia.

Maybe then but they've been poaching from Philadelphia for decades now. And you don't call a company being lured there as "poaching"?