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October 28, 2017 at 11:30 AM #808301October 28, 2017 at 11:33 AM #808302
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Guest[quote=spdrun]Detroit is a symbol of everything that’s wrong with America — from exporting the auto industry, car culture, to urban crime, decay, and mismanagement in favor of suburban hellholes. I don’t wish it well, especially not as a host for a parasitic corporation like Amazon.[/quote]
Haha. So true. You’re a good bro, spdrun.
But to make it in this world, you gotta believe money comes first, then everything else falls into place, just like magic.
October 28, 2017 at 11:37 AM #808303spdrun
ParticipantI think there are two kinds of people in the world…
(1) those that chase money for the game itself
(2) those that can say, “right, I’m comfortable now” and focus on things that are more interestingOctober 28, 2017 at 12:00 PM #808304GuestNot mutually exclusive. You gotta do what you gotta do. Need money to influence outcomes and do what you want.
Tell me, when amazon announces the new location, will you look at property listings to see if there’s anything good? There will be a stampede.
This is what happened in Reno when tech moved in.
http://www.rgj.com/story/money/business/2017/05/15/reno-housing-crunch-affordability-low-supply-real-estate/101493422/October 28, 2017 at 12:45 PM #808305Participantno. not unless it’s in a handful of US cities that I’m interested in anyway. my goal isn’t wealth, just for property to pay for basic expenses. honestly, my goal is to teach and be an academic long term, not mess around with property as a day job.
that’s what I want. to live out my life in a controlled environment (academia and guaranteed income from property). I don’t care about being a businessman, I don’t wish to be bothered by such things full time.
October 28, 2017 at 12:45 PM #808306Participant..
October 28, 2017 at 4:45 PM #808307Anonymous
GuestDetroit isn’t a techie city.
If they go anywhere in the rust belt, it will be Pittsburgh.
But I’d be surprised if it was either.
October 29, 2017 at 11:02 AM #808309Guest[quote=harvey]Detroit isn’t a techie city.
If they go anywhere in the rust belt, it will be Pittsburgh.
But I’d be surprised if it was either.[/quote]
Pittsburg is quite techie and hip these days. It i had to live in the rust belt, that’s where I’d be. There are really cool old buildings that can be modernized for the 21st century.
I wonder if amazon will do something out of the box and surprise us; or will they go for a typical corporate decision.
October 29, 2017 at 11:46 PM #808311njtosd
Participant[quote=spdrun]Detroit is a symbol of everything that’s wrong with America — from exporting the auto industry, car culture, to urban crime, decay, and mismanagement in favor of suburban hellholes. I don’t wish it well, especially not as a host for a parasitic corporation like Amazon.[/quote]
You are a dependable ray of sunshine spdrun.
October 30, 2017 at 12:05 AM #808312Participant[quote=harvey]Detroit isn’t a techie city.
If they go anywhere in the rust belt, it will be Pittsburgh.
But I’d be surprised if it was either.[/quote]
I agree about the low likelihood but not about the lack of tech types. Lots of engineers (and their kids) are still there. The University of Michigan can supply a few I’m sure …
Quote from Forbes “Reinventing America
The Cities Creating The Most Tech Jobs 2017”Easily the biggest surprise on the list is Detroit, which improved its position to ninth, a remarkable 30-place jump from the last edition of this list in 2015. It generated 26% growth in high-tech jobs and boosted its STEM employment by 8.4%. Despite the decline of the central city, the Detroit metro area has never faded as a technical center; due largely to the auto industry its per capita STEM employment has long been above the national average. This is reflected in a post-recession boom in engineering services in the region – some 14,000 new jobs since 2006 – leaving Detroit with a concentration of engineering services more than three times the national average. Its percentage of STEM workers is 50% above the U.S. norm, roughly equivalent to that of Raleigh-Durham, Boston and Denver.
October 30, 2017 at 10:15 AM #808313GuestOctober 30, 2017 at 10:37 AM #808314The-Shoveler
ParticipantI would not move to Detroit even if Google offered me a Job there LOL.
I still say Riverside LOL.
October 30, 2017 at 12:48 PM #808315Guest[quote=The-Shoveler]I would not move to Detroit even if Google offered me a Job there LOL.
I still say Riverside LOL.[/quote]
That’s kinda close minded. I would move there in a minute, if I believed there’s a future.
I think that Detroit is just too big to be gentrified. And even if the core is gentrified, there will be the “third world” right on the periphery.
Detroit is a legacy city and, in the 21st century, in terms of spatial economics, it has no competitive advantage. But Amazon could recreate a critical mass to rejuvenate the city.
But Ann Arbor is nice.
October 30, 2017 at 2:36 PM #808317ParticipantI think that is the whole point.
If Amazon wants to attract the best and brightest…
October 30, 2017 at 3:17 PM #808318ParticipantDetroit advantages:
* central location
* rail, road, and water links
* cheap real estate
* UMich near by in Ann ArborDisadvantages:
* crime
* reputation
* climate -
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