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Old 11-04-2018, 11:41 AM
gg
 
Location: Pittsburgh
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You obviously don't know Amazon or have followed their plans. They did plan to add all those jobs in a very short time. Your UPMC example does not apply. They are already here. Amazon would have have pushed our already far over taxed infrastructure to or past the breaking point. What every give away we have done in the past does not mean we should continue to give away the taxpayers money.


You are also playing games with numbers. The population of the city is irrelevant, it is the population of the area that matters. Many of the losses in population in the city have just moved a few miles away. You must not travel much. Our infrastructure is a disaster already.
Jobs are growth. UPMC does apply. It shows how it all works in todays competitive world.

Amazon's jobs are great for our area if they would be here, but it wouldn't really be as huge as people think. We can easily add population and jobs around here. Here is our population decline in Russian.

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Old 11-04-2018, 05:27 PM
 
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gg and Enough_Already, just to let you know, i grew weary of this thread from page 2, i think.

but in anticipation of finally awarding a location for HQ2, i perused the most recent page and think you BOTH make good points. i actually have always been impartial to the passion of either extreme and still am.

doesnt matter at this point - congratulations, Arlington, i guess.
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Old 11-04-2018, 07:53 PM
 
Location: Mid-Atlantic
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I'm stilling pulling for Cranberry, soulless as it is.
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Old 11-04-2018, 08:09 PM
 
Location: Downtown Cranberry Twp.
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I'm stilling pulling for Cranberry, soulless as it is.
I heard/read somewhere that we’re supposed to gain 10,000 residents by 2030 so this would speed up the process.
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Old 11-04-2018, 09:23 PM
gg
 
Location: Pittsburgh
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gg and Enough_Already, just to let you know, i grew weary of this thread from page 2, i think.

but in anticipation of finally awarding a location for HQ2, i perused the most recent page and think you BOTH make good points. i actually have always been impartial to the passion of either extreme and still am.

doesnt matter at this point - congratulations, Arlington, i guess.
I am not passionate about it. I would like Pittsburgh to get Amazon, but I am not going to be upset when they announce DC or whatever. I am certainly not expecting little Pittsburgh to get Amazon. We won't give them enough to get them here.
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Old 11-05-2018, 07:47 AM
 
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It's not coming.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/...er/1884661002/
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Old 11-05-2018, 07:53 AM
 
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I’m kinda glad, Amazon has been getting some negative press lately and this move shows its primary focus is being near the center of influence buying and rent seeking, its well past its role as an innovator. And imagine if Walmart decided to move its headquarters to Pittsburgh. It would be protests abound. Amazon is just the tech version of Walmart, big, bloated and inevitably peaking.
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Old 11-05-2018, 08:17 AM
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Location: Pittsburgh
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"Amazon plans to invest more than $5 billion, and the 50,000 new company jobs are expected to yield an average pay of more than $100,000. Meanwhile, as many as 250,000 indirect jobs will also be created, according to the calculations of Enrico Moretti, an economics professor.."

Geez, imagine having a company invest $5 billion! Over 250,000 indirect jobs. Wow. Good for Crystal City, they hit the lottery. Pittsburgh? Not so much. lol Ah well, we are doing okay.
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Old 11-05-2018, 11:39 AM
 
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That article essentially references the "leak" that Bezos' own Wash Post reported.
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Old 11-05-2018, 01:05 PM
 
Location: Pittsburgh/Anchorage
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Default "Amazon Plans to Split HQ2 Evenly Between Two Cities"

"Amazon.com Inc. plans to split its second headquarters evenly between two locations rather than picking one city for HQ2, according to a person familiar with the matter, a surprise decision that will spread the impact of a massive new office across two communities."


https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-...ies-1541446552

https://www.businessinsider.com/amaz...report-2018-11
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