Amazon & Arlington a ❤️

[mekmad]

Turn away 25k high paying jobs which creates a lot more jobs in the process.  Nice work NY.

[sweetcell]

maybe NYC decided that $120,000/job was too much of a subsidy, and that they could invest that money elsewhere?  would take a long time for the city and state to recoup that investment... and that's assuming that all 25k jobs were created @ $3B subsidies.  25k is also the max number of jobs they offered... say for <reasons> only half as many jobs were created (economic downturn, disruptive competitor, etc) - then those jobs would cost $240K each, aka the city and state may never recoup.

i don't blame NYC.  amazon is the new shiny thing and people threw a lot of money around to attract it.  i'm not sure the economics are there... so you're paying for - what?  prestige?  name recognition?  NYC don't need none of that...

(FYI, Seattleites are OVER amazon.  they run this town and folks aren't happy about it.  city tried passing a head-tax on large corps this summer, amazon brought pressure to kill the initiative.  they run this town...)

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if the rest of the board didn't know why Hutch and I proudly call Arlington our home, now bezos wants some

Arlington has been named "America's Most Handsome City."

flattery will get you everywhere

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surprised there aren't 100's of Arlington threads, for sure a happier place than Columbia, MD

Never heard this in all my time here, but made me chuckle

Arlington, the ‘Hoboken of D.C'

[Space Freely]

surprised there aren't 100's of Arlington threads, for sure a happier place than Columbia, MD

Never heard this in all my time here, but made me chuckle

Arlington, the ‘Hoboken of D.C'

Hoboken 81% White
Arlington 71.5% White
Columbia 54% White
Springfield VA 55.5% White

[Starsky]

Not sure I think Hoboken and Arlington are very comparable….

I will always think of Hoboken as Sinatra’s birthplace.

Personally think it’s stupid to compare places by racial makeup exclusively.

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I was curious and looked up my zip
22204 racial/ethnic
 top three groups groups are
White (38.4%)
Hispanic (27.4%)
Black (17.9%)

Springfield I get, was surprised by Columbia.  Is there a road trip in my future.  What are the top 5 things to do in Columbia

Although when I think Hoboken, I think YLT

[Space Freely]

median income

Hoboken 82k
Arlington 70k
Columbia 54k
Springfield 39k

[Space Freely]

2020 election results

Arlington, Biden
Hoboken, Biden
Columbia, Biden
Springfield, Trump

[Yada]

Hoboken was where frat brothers that couldn't hack the big city used to flock to... so, yeah. Arlington is a good comparison.

[Starsky]

Yo la tengo are frat brothers


Hmmmm

[Yada]

Yo la tengo are frat brothers


Hmmmm

Oh don't pull a space on me, there were obviously exceptions to the rule but I'd assume you know what I was getting at.

Not that there is any grit left to DC, but those were the same people that lived in Bethesda and Arlington in the late 90s/early 2000s that came to 18th street for a wild night in Adams Morgan capped off with a jumbo slice.

[Starsky]

Well I guess I moved to DC from Arlington in 97


I moved back to Arlington in 2010 cause my kid needed space



From when I started hanging out in Arlington in 1993 I thought it was a great place to live and raise a family

It just had more edge in the 80s and 1990s…

That’s development for you I guess…I can’t stand Ballston area but that’s not most of Arlington …pretty sure you would be pretty happy where I live…we even have a beer garden within a short walk…

Maybe eventually I can have a party and you can come over

[Yada]

Well I guess I moved to DC from Arlington in 97


I moved back to Arlington in 2010 cause my kid needed space



From when I started hanging out in Arlington in 1993 I thought it was a great place to live and raise a family

It just had more edge in the 80s and 1990s…

That’s development for you I guess…I can’t stand Ballston area but that’s not most of Arlington …pretty sure you would be pretty happy where I live…we even have a beer garden within a short walk…

Maybe eventually I can have a party and you can come over

I actually don't know what we're talking about at this point and as of today would prefer Arlington/MoCo.vs..the city for precisely the reason you stated, a family.

But I think places like Hoboken or Arlington do get crushed by bros in their work uniform because they couldn't take the "roughness" of the city (at least that was the case 20ish Years ago).

[Space Freely]

I don't think I'd want to pay these DC tax rates.

Over $60,000 but not over $350,000:   $3,500, plus 8.5% of the excess over $60,000.

I think it used to be higher.