Both a sensible business move and the right thing to do. If they could magically roll up the entirety of WDW and relocate it elsewhere I suspect they would.
There are already plans for Texas. Same with Universal.
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#42Both a sensible business move and the right thing to do. If they could magically roll up the entirety of WDW and relocate it elsewhere I suspect they would.
Where are they going to go, California? Unless they get huge tax breaks and some open land to expand on I doubt it.
There are plans for Texas.
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I wouldn’t call it veiled, or even much of a threat for that matter. It’s a rational actor plainly stating facts that are readily apparent to everyone. There’s no good reason why the corporation should make any future significant investments in a state where the legal and regulatory regime is not only unpredictable but currently openly hostile. They’ve got a pretty, pretty big sunk cost in the state, so it’s not like…
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Please don’t engage in whataboutism. It’s inflammatory and lowers the quality of discourse.
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#44Say what you will (should this even be on HN?), but Disney is giving is a masterclass in professional revenge. The massive plan to expand the Anaheim park drops on the same day. https://www.foxla.com/news/disneyland-forward-disney-anaheim...
The only masterclass Disney is running is how to take a world class company and run it into the ground. Source: $Disney stock price.
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Millions of them did not vote for this and will suffer anyway.
True, and normal people should find ways to get them out as soon as possible.
Unfortunately there is no recall statute in Florida, they are stuck with him.
https://ballotpedia.org/Laws_governing_recall_in_Florida#:~:....
Re: Disney cancels plans to relocate 2,000 jobs to Florida
#46Say what you will (should this even be on HN?), but Disney is giving is a masterclass in professional revenge. The massive plan to expand the Anaheim park drops on the same day. https://www.foxla.com/news/disneyland-forward-disney-anaheim...
"Possible". Culture wars are always fascinating in the tradeoffs people are willing to make in their rational. Californians will scream "More Housing! Get rid of Golf Courses and build houses!" But a massive theme park expansion in the middle of a developed area? All good if it hurts someone you hate.
> Californians will scream "More Housing! Get rid of Golf Courses and build houses!" But a massive theme park expansion in the middle of a developed area? All good if it hurts someone you hate.
Weird that people like theme parks, yeah.
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#48To the people I see commenting that the state of Florida will be a loser in the long run, between April 2020 and July 2022, Florida's population grew by 3.3% [1].
Compare that to states such as California (-1.3% [2]) and New York (-2.6% [3]) for the same period.
Seems like more people like what DeSantis and Florida have been doing overall.
[1] https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/FL/PST045222
[2] https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/CA/PST045222
[3] https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/NY/PST045222
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#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
"Possible". Culture wars are always fascinating in the tradeoffs people are willing to make in their rational. Californians will scream "More Housing! Get rid of Golf Courses and build houses!" But a massive theme park expansion in the middle of a developed area? All good if it hurts someone you hate.
> Californians will scream "More Housing! Get rid of Golf Courses and build houses!" But a massive theme park expansion in the middle of a developed area? All good if it hurts someone you hate. Weird that people like theme parks, yeah.
And people don't like golf courses?
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Someone pointed out that lack of growth is treated as decline in our culture/economy. So the threat of climate change in Florida is that real estate prices will stop growing - that breaks a fundamental assumption - line goes up - and that drives a race to the exit. So far this has only happened in some localities, so we'll see. If my house is underwater fiscally, it may as well be underwater with the fishes.
I'll gladly buy your Miami property for a discount. My thesis is it's not going anywhere in the next 100 years and that the prices will only continue to rise.
If you believe that, then you don't even need the discount.