The government has always been here. So why was the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80, 90s COL here so affordable?

[Anonymous]

Atlanta lost out on HQ2 for the same reason all the other cities lost out, because Jeff Bezos always intended it to be in DC and was milking the other cities for sensitive economic data for free and to also see if he could get freebies that he could use to force NOVA to give him something similar.


Is there any actual proof of this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This does not directly affect me. I am just asking a simple question.

What is so special about the post 2000s DC area that has caused our cost of living to skyrocket beyond belief?

Me personally, I think the pre 90s DC area COL should have been more expensive because this area was a hell of a lot more fun then as opposed to right now. Things should be cheaper now.

People want to live here because there are good jobs here. And good schools.

People who say this have not resided elsewhere. DC is great, but not the best. People who have lived elsewhere would be happy to start another thread on that very subject.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This does not directly affect me. I am just asking a simple question.

What is so special about the post 2000s DC area that has caused our cost of living to skyrocket beyond belief?

Me personally, I think the pre 90s DC area COL should have been more expensive because this area was a hell of a lot more fun then as opposed to right now. Things should be cheaper now.

It really wasn’t affordable in the end of the 80’s up to mid nineties either. There was a big build up of prices in the mid to late 80’s and incomes did not catch up for a decade or so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because white people want to live here now.

Oh stop it already. Enough.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This does not directly affect me. I am just asking a simple question.

What is so special about the post 2000s DC area that has caused our cost of living to skyrocket beyond belief?

Me personally, I think the pre 90s DC area COL should have been more expensive because this area was a hell of a lot more fun then as opposed to right now. Things should be cheaper now.

It really wasn’t affordable in the end of the 80’s up to mid nineties either. There was a big build up of prices in the mid to late 80’s and incomes did not catch up for a decade or so.

There were still plenty of areas with affordable real estate. I was here then so I saw it with my own eyes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Defense spending post 9/11. End of thread.

I heard that too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: Atlanta lost out on HQ2 for the same reason all the other cities lost out, because Jeff Bezos always intended it to be in DC and was milking the other cities for sensitive economic data for free and to also see if he could get freebies that he could use to force NOVA to give him something similar.


Is there any actual proof of this?

Come now, you're really questioning that Bezos was serious about any other city? It was bleedin' obvious he was gung ho on DC from day one, with possibly a second headquarter in NYC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Atlanta lost out on HQ2 for the same reason all the other cities lost out, because Jeff Bezos always intended it to be in DC and was milking the other cities for sensitive economic data for free and to also see if he could get freebies that he could use to force NOVA to give him something similar.


Is there any actual proof of this?

Come now, you're really questioning that Bezos was serious about any other city? It was bleedin' obvious he was gung ho on DC from day one, with possibly a second headquarter in NYC.

So bleedin obvious in the real estate forum that there were no less than a dozen threads in 2018 stating there was NO WAY D.C. would be a HQ2 pick?

Yeah, no.

I firmly believed in D.C.'s candidacy but I also am not blind that most other cities thought they had a good chance and I think Atlanta has a great chance before their representatives blew it threatening a major corporation.

[Anonymous]

Target and Wal-Mart both have more employees than Amazon and have a larger physical presence than Amazon and they are headquartered in the south and in the Midwest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Target and Wal-Mart both have more employees than Amazon and have a larger physical presence than Amazon and they are headquartered in the south and in the Midwest.

Both of those have storefronts? And Walmart especially has been implicated in the complete destruction of small town groceries and businesses which can't compete against their pricing.

Leaving entire communities without local retail and necessitating driving dozens of miles to the closest exit with one. In effect, driving their own towns and communities to destruction simply by removing tax revenue from the base.

https://business.financialpost.com/news/retail-marketing/small-towns-devastated-after-wal-mart-stores-inc-decimates-mom-and-pop-shops-then-packs-up-and-leaves-they-ruined-our-lives

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/09/what-happened-when-walmart-left

[Anonymous]

No, I’m telling you it’s the rise of 2 income families.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Target and Wal-Mart both have more employees than Amazon and have a larger physical presence than Amazon and they are headquartered in the south and in the Midwest.

Both of those have storefronts? And Walmart especially has been implicated in the complete destruction of small town groceries and businesses which can't compete against their pricing.

Leaving entire communities without local retail and necessitating driving dozens of miles to the closest exit with one. In effect, driving their own towns and communities to destruction simply by removing tax revenue from the base.

https://business.financialpost.com/news/retail-marketing/small-towns-devastated-after-wal-mart-stores-inc-decimates-mom-and-pop-shops-then-packs-up-and-leaves-they-ruined-our-lives

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/09/what-happened-when-walmart-left

I am not a fan of either but they are both quite large and they both have their headquarters in supposed DEAD FLY OVER parts of the country.

[Anonymous]

Just don’t live in a capitalist “sacrifice zone.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because few developers are even remotely interested in building mid- to lower-level housing anymore. It's all luxury upper-end nonsense, not only in DC but in every major urban region in the country.

The kind of middle-range ranch house my own parents bought (on one salary) in Mont. Co. in 1968 is simply not being built anymore.

This is clearly the trend, but I'm not sure if it's cause or effect. I'd also say the middle-range housing being built now is townhomes outside DC proper.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Target and Wal-Mart both have more employees than Amazon and have a larger physical presence than Amazon and they are headquartered in the south and in the Midwest.

Both of those have storefronts? And Walmart especially has been implicated in the complete destruction of small town groceries and businesses which can't compete against their pricing.

Leaving entire communities without local retail and necessitating driving dozens of miles to the closest exit with one. In effect, driving their own towns and communities to destruction simply by removing tax revenue from the base.

https://business.financialpost.com/news/retail-marketing/small-towns-devastated-after-wal-mart-stores-inc-decimates-mom-and-pop-shops-then-packs-up-and-leaves-they-ruined-our-lives

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/09/what-happened-when-walmart-left

Lol, and Amazon is what... Humanitarian, Inc.? GMAFB.