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Not that it makes the chart any less misleading but Apple Retail is the biggest division by number and those employees are indeed spread out.
I thought Apple stores were staffed with contractors, is that not so?
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Tech employees are very cheap for the community. They take very little government aid, their use of roads is quite moderate (and is getting lower as "working from home" picks pace), and they usually pay enough property taxes to pay for local schools. On the other hand the benefits they bring to the community are enormous.
That isn’t my observation. They displace other communities entirely by driving up cost of living.
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This doesn't make much sense. Transit follows population. You wouldn't build transit before there was a need for it.
A robust city development plan should incorporate infrastructure buildout as part of the planning sign-off process. For urban areas in particular, it's important to make sure that things like road and transit access, schools, medical facilities etc. are able to cope with increased demand. This can include requiring developers to make financial contributions towards infrastructure as part of that process. You can't re…
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Yes. People can be generally pro-development and also oppose development that just consists of sticking tall apartment buildings here and there while leaving public transit, auto infrastructure, and other public works as an exercise for the indefinite future.
This doesn't make much sense. Transit follows population. You wouldn't build transit before there was a need for it.
Big corps love to brag about "adding jobs", but don't like to brag about the "tax incentives" they are getting. There are usually huge costs for the whole community. Austin tax incentives for Apple seem to be relatively small [1], but Foxconn factory in Wisconsin is an extreme case. I highly recommend the Replay All podcast episode on this [2][3] [1] https://www.statesman.com/news/20120901/austin-council-oks-8... [2]…
it's weird to frame net new revenue as a "huge cost the whole community" Taking less money from someone who is building a business in your area is not a cost. They have a choice on where to build, and tax burden is one of many factors in that choice.
Then factor in the fact that their will always be some municipalities with government officials who are willing to overspend (other people's money) for personal political points. When they win an RFP for a big factory, sports team/stadium, movie production, or corporate headquarters they get to have a flashy press conference touting all the jobs. This helps them in their political career which is often over well before the actual net value of the deal can be realized in 20 or 30 years.
Didn't know about the Culver City expansion, neat! There's a tremendous amount of tech talent in LA, I'm surprised they don't already have a major presence here
i know that location has been under construction for at least 6 months now. my business was having some construction done, and we kept getting bottom of the barrel subcontractors, because our contractor also has the apple building, and kept sending their good folks over there. :(
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If one state didn't offer a tax break, then another would and win the business. There are 50 states, and most of them compete for businesses with tax incentives fairly competitively.
This is why the EU has laws against this kind of race to the bottom between nations
Big corps love to brag about "adding jobs", but don't like to brag about the "tax incentives" they are getting. There are usually huge costs for the whole community. Austin tax incentives for Apple seem to be relatively small [1], but Foxconn factory in Wisconsin is an extreme case. I highly recommend the Replay All podcast episode on this [2][3] [1] https://www.statesman.com/news/20120901/austin-council-oks-8... [2]…
I saw this video about LA a few days ago and it is very sad how these tax incentives are ruining entire states. [1] [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWTic9btP38
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That isn’t my observation. They displace other communities entirely by driving up cost of living.
As an engineer in Austin, I mostly concur.
South congress was full of crackheads and prostitutes as early as the 90’s. We had real urban decay. Now we are growing like crazy and if you’re willing to work hard any immigrant can get a construction job and make a great living for themselves.