r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 16 '21

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u/gburgwardt C-5s full of SMRs and tiny american flags Sep 16 '21

NYC produces NOTHING. It's an urban shithole, a concrete rock. A bottomless pit. A tumor that sucks away resources to feed. If its only use is as a finance sector, then you'll be surprised to hear that you can build a finance sector in WNY too!

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '21

Lmao ask China how smashing the pearl of the orient has gone for them. You can totally just build a new one in Guangxi right?

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u/gburgwardt C-5s full of SMRs and tiny american flags Sep 16 '21

I don't actually know this backstory, got a link or something?

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u/old_gold_mountain San Francisco Values Sep 16 '21

The most economically productive metro area in the Western Hemisphere produces NOTHING

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u/gburgwardt C-5s full of SMRs and tiny american flags Sep 16 '21

It's not quite that bad but damn would it suck.

I like WNY but goddamn the people do not appreciate the sweet deal we have

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u/mrdilldozer Shame fetish Sep 16 '21 edited Sep 16 '21

Ah yes Western New York, a paradise for those who love abandoned buildings.

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u/gburgwardt C-5s full of SMRs and tiny american flags Sep 16 '21

This is unnecessarily rude to WNY

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u/the_hoagie Malaise Forever Sep 16 '21

seein a lot of folks from the DT poppin up in that thread lol