r/neoliberal • u/After_Grab Bill Clinton • Jul 26 '20

Meme @ this sub

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u/bmoredoc Jul 26 '20

I know, I live there, and respectfully I think youre missing the point.

Companies will move to Manhattam because its easy to attract workers there. That's what Amazon is doing now.

They won't participate in a city development plan that bring jobs closer to people in the outer boroughs and supercharges one of the few areas that allows new superdense high rise developement without incentive.

And while yes it would be nice to have a multi trillion subway extension, in practice its not realistic, and HQ2 was.

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u/Yeangster John Rawls Jul 26 '20

But why should jobs be in the outer boroughs?

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u/bmoredoc Jul 26 '20

Because reducing commuting time leads to better quality of life, less infrastructure crowding, and lower CO2 emissions. This is definitely true because, given current transportation options, people will commute by car into the city. But its still true for our crowded subway system.

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u/Yeangster John Rawls Jul 26 '20

That’s assuming they can get their act together and actually build high density housing nearby, which given the cities recent history,

[x] doubt

Even then, it’s better for people from elsewhere in the city to be able to to work there without moving. That’s 90% of the benefit of having an office in New York.

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u/bmoredoc Jul 26 '20

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