Swing and a Miss
- Chicago was bypassed by another tech behemoth Thursday when Apple announced plans to build a $1 billion campus in Austin, Texas, with smaller sites or expansions in six other cities.
It was just last month that Amazon said it will split its much-anticipated second headquarters between New York City and Arlington, Va. Chicago had been named one of the 20 contenders for the second headquarters, labeled HQ2, when the list of bidders was narrowed in January.
Apple’s search had a lower profile than Amazon’s, which turned into a bidding war as cities tried to woo the online merchant with robust incentive packages.
In an early morning post Thursday on its website, Apple said in addition to the Austin campus, it would open smaller locations in Seattle, San Diego and Culver City, Calif., and over the next three years will expand in New York; Pittsburgh; Boston; Boulder, Colo.; and Portland, Ore. It also left open the possibility of expanding elsewhere in the United States “over time.”
Rahm's mouthpieces try to put a positive spin on it, pointing to a number of smaller companies that have expanded into town. It's still a slap in teeth.
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posted by SCC at 12:01 AM
49 Comments:
Knowing what I know, if I had a company in Chicago, it would have moved out years ago....
All of these other companies locating to Chicago aren’t creating new jobs, just bring current staff with them. rahm offers up freebies we taxpayers will be paying for years, while rahm will be long gone.
Chicago can not compete for high tech jobs. Few tech people want to live in this fly-over shithole.
The only apple downtown... will be a big steaming road apple on Michigan avenue.
Hahahahahaha
Who in their right mind would move anything into Illinois much less Chicago. For that matter who ointment their right mind would continue to live in Chicago or Cook county.
Le5s see the soon to be most heavily taxed state and city in nation, who wouldn't want to live here. New gas taxes, higher real estate taxes, a homeless tax, a new milage tax all promised plus increased fees across the board. All because the non working class needs more free stuff. That and Democrats just can't seem to live within a budget.
The Criminal Class in the city has a cost which extends way beyond what HeyJackass can quantify. No one can ever tell me that the city’s crime, its political corruption, and its costly social-justice programs don’t scare the shit out of potential employers located to the city. All of this adds up - either directly or indirectly.
Well they were voted in and now we're going to have to live with the assholes.
This is the new Detroit of the Midwest. Nobody wants to invest here. Far too much crime.
Oh well. Chalk up another loss.
We shall see. All those cities listed are mostly administered and populated by libtards. They won’t be business friendly. Although Apple is run by libtards, once they crunch the numbers they may reconsider. But then again, maybe not, they’re libtards.
a lot of the jobs 'created' by tiny dancer and shortshanks will be entering expired incentive mode.
the corporate wonks will be back in line with their hands out again with new demands or move.
don't think these elected street thugs masquerading as civic leaders are gonna like the phrase 'pay me'.
''Who in their right mind would move anything into Illinois much less Chicago. For that matter who ointment their right mind would continue to live in Chicago or Cook county."
Couldn't think of a better way to say the same thing. It's nice to know I have been in my right mind for years now. Try it I guarantee!
Especially when you propose a .30 cent per gallon tax hike, but hey keep voting Democratic a**holes.
Taxes crime = Detroit
Everybody should be very careful on celebrating the move of big companies not moving into Chicago. Yes its a slap in the face to Rahm - and I cant stand him either. He is a little arrogant jag***.
Chicago is a tourist and business hub that the majority of cities lack - but by losing these expanding wealthy companies to other cities is a loss in $$$$ to Chicago.
If Rahm with his political connections cant land these companies - GOOD LUCK with the next batch of wanna be Mayors for this city....
Scary path ahead!
Rahm’s a complete failure. He’s had eight years and still we’re looking at; a pension crisis, failing CPS, CPD in disarray (manpower equipment leadership) revenue diminishing and in debt over our heads. Good job Rahm. At least you’ll have half a dozen “Board of Director” no show jobs that you can collect a couple hundred thousand dollars a piece from must be nice.
Hey but Ferrara candy is moving to the old post office from Oak Brook.
That should be a cultural shock to the employees to say the least
I wonder if that's why they've stopped reporting shootings in the Tribune? They used to have a big headline, then summarize it with something like, "and in other shootings...". Since crimes are no longer published, it means crime is down? You don't see it in the headlines, so it didn't happen.
Or I wonder if it's so commonplace now, that it's no longer newsworthy. Like when they used to report there had been a 10-hour stretch with no shootings. Now they don't report either. I live in Chicago, so I know the shootings/etc. haven't stopped. But someone who is just passing by, or looking at the headlines from some other state would have no way of knowing that. And if they see a headline stating there was a 10-hour dry-spell (gasp!), then all the more reason to settle inTexas instead.
I'm glad they're not settling here. Downtown has gotten ridiculously big with all the new construction. It's terrible for those of us who have to call this place home.
Get a clue. Shitcago is a dump that nobody wants to live in.
Kwitcherbellyakin.
Chicago got the big kahuna when Boeing came to town.
Liberal cities, hardly a surprise there. Pittsburgh's Democratic mayor, Bill Peduto, is one of the biggest pieces of crap in politics. Another Bill de Blasio, or is that Warren de Blasio-Wilhelm, or Warren Wilhelm. Wilhelm as in Wilhelm Klink.
That won't help the shithole cities. I was hoping Paul Joseph Watson would do a video on Chicago. He's done videos on Portland is a shithole, SF, and Paris and London. I've seen people asking him to do a Chicago video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSw79yRnDVs
I was talking to a business owner the other day who owns a shop near Archer and Pulaski. He's considering closing down and moving out of state due to taxes and all the annoyances and crime.
Minimum wage in Chi-town is gonna be 13 bucks an hour. In the state of Indiana it’s $7.25 per hour. Do the math.
I wonder how much they gave away to get the Ferra Candy company
2 billion for the Musk rat tunnel, 2 billion for expanding the Red Line to 130th st, a billion a year for CHA, 6 billion a year for CPS with less kids enrolled than ever and diminishing returns for all that investment, City is earning more revenue than ever in its history, and there's a pension crisis?
And why expand the Red Line south again? Exactly who are you catering to, besides dredging up more undesirables and enabling the pillagers to get downtown easier?
It's not the denizens of the far south side who are going downtown to spend the money that keeps the City afloat, it's the people coming in from the suburbs or from out of town who come to Chicago to spend money and play.
Of course, the price tag for these proposed boondoggles won't stop at 2 billion, there will be inevitable cost overruns. So who will do the building of the rail line? Find out and then find out how much that firm (and anyone employed by that firm) gave in campaign contributions to Democrat politicians and you will know the whole truth.
That's a good investment for anyone. Kick a few hundred grand to these politicians, get 2 billion back from the public funds.
And remind us again how is this system more fair and legit than a Communist country? Or an Outfit organization? Or feudalism for that matter?
Can't wait to leave this Democrat sh*thole far behind, with its protected criminals, crooked pols, dumb voters, welfare leaches who've been skimming and scamming for generations and whose only contribution to society is being born (illegitimately) and breeding on your dime.
Can't wait to leave. Maybe when I retire, I will have the leisure time to follow around all these politicians and find out how dirty they really are, then present the evidence to the news and the Feds for further prosecution. Maybe, but not likely because I'll have to work another full time job just to pay for my health insurance.
RAHM a failure in so many ways!
A Fortune 500 moved it’s corporate office from my town to Chicago a few years back, several of the people that relocated with it have moved back to town and back into their old office space. I can’t for the fife of me figure out why they stayed in illinois
Apple refused to even consider Chicago because of the inability of Emmanuel and his Supt. To do anything about out of control gun violence.
Rahm cant lure a fly to a pile of shit.
instead of the windy city, it should be renamed the tax city........
no good legit business needs to deal with the high taxes here, even with the tax perks offered.
we have a sanctuary status that needs to be gone.
I bet these HQs would not be built in America if Trump wasn't President.
The obama years with the midget in charge has changed Chicago. Just look where the companies are going, they're not
interested in cities protecting illegals other then New York and their picks have lower crime then this shit hole. Chicago's
rep of being corrupt is well known, but in the day it was workable. Now you come into the City to do business and you have
to deal with the likes of Burke, Madigan and the rest. Someone sitting outside the fish bowl can see how fucked up things
really are, police, fire, municipal pensions are in financial trouble, and the medical been taken away from retirees. They know
promises are usually broken, taxes will be raised and the state is broke. The upper middle and middle class are fleeing the
state taking the brains and skills needed by the aforementioned companies. Why in the hell would any large corporation even
consider this place to do business in; then there's the unstable political racial factions running for the Office of Mayor. I know
a couple of coppers who had the heads up on Amazon considering Chicago. They sent the Amazon's corporate office crime
stats on a weekly bases, reporting the mayhem and shootings that were occurred during that time period. Call those coppers
whatever dirty name you want, I'll call them, "The Good Saboteurs'." Stay strong, fetal, and safe.........
SCC Coast to Coast SCC
....was an invaluable research source for Apple
in making the decision to Stay The Hell Out Of Chicago
https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/nba/suns/2018/12/14/phoenix-woman-destroys-suns-owner-robert-sarver-council-meeting/2315668002/
even 1800 miles away the stench f Chicago style politics is there.
Rich people have financial advisers who tell them where the most lucrative spots are, also rich people don’t want to get shot.
Shitty weather and corrupt city hall is a tough nut to crack.
These small tech companies fold faster than they start up anyway.
They’re the dollar store of the tech world and what isn't tech these day anyway?
I have a sustainable solar powered fly swatter with an LED light for night swatting West Nile skeeters made from recycled free trade imported soybean hulls I’d like to produce.
Gibs me my grant.
A thousand of these shams can crowdsource money, get gubmint grants (Dem) and pop up all over and never add a dime back into the economy. Pay $15 a hour for about a years, close up and start over.
Those jobs promises just sounds nice-nice.
Apple wasn’t willing to build on Rahm’s offered far southeast side toxic swamp since Sterling Bay was given first rights to the last of hundreds of acres of the riverfront and desirable light retai/residential land available.
Oh, and blame Trump and the police are the problem too.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Everybody should be very careful on celebrating the move of big companies not moving into Chicago. Yes its a slap in the face to Rahm - and I cant stand him either. He is a little arrogant jag***.
Chicago is a tourist and business hub that the majority of cities lack - but by losing these expanding wealthy companies to other cities is a loss in $$$$ to Chicago.
If Rahm with his political connections cant land these companies - GOOD LUCK with the next batch of wanna be Mayors for this city....
Scary path ahead!
12/15/2018 08:04:00 AM
You must be a card carrying lib.
Nobody is celebrating, we’re telling it like it is. Chicago; Cook county; Illinois, are not business friendly environments.
Our public transportation is crap, higways and city streets awful, CPS, can barely supply burger flippers to fastfood joints.
Then there are the hoops to jump through and politicians with there hands always out, collecting ever more fees and taxes.
Thanks for stopping by.
Ram can not steal enough tax money to give to these corporations... and I think it is the case that the big wigs of those corporations don’t have any plans to get car jacked by south and west side assholes. Too bad so sad Ram. You made the bed to which no one wants to lay in
Anonymous said...
I know a couple of coppers who had the heads up on Amazon considering Chicago. They sent the Amazon's corporate office crime stats on a weekly bases, reporting the mayhem and shootings that were occurred during that time period.
Call those coppers whatever dirty name you want, I'll call them, "The Good Saboteurs'." Stay strong, fetal, and safe.........
12/15/2018 12:42:00 PM
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Old Sicilian saying "A man warned is a man saved."
Those "Good Saboteurs" saved many a life.
I absolutely love it when Rahm gets bitch slapped.
No surprise here.
It's too expensive to open a business in Chicago.
Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...
I know a couple of coppers who had the heads up on Amazon considering Chicago. They sent the Amazon's corporate office crime stats on a weekly bases, reporting the mayhem and shootings that were occurred during that time period.
Call those coppers whatever dirty name you want, I'll call them, "The Good Saboteurs'." Stay strong, fetal, and safe.........
12/15/2018 12:42:00 PM
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Old Sicilian saying "A man warned is a man saved."
Those "Good Saboteurs" saved many a life.
12/15/2018 09:01:00 PM
Hah!
A reminder of the old days when Policemen were expert
at playing "Dirty Tricks" similar to this...
This city NEEDS more "Dirty Tricks" like this by
The Police.
Of course, that's what the white-guilt liberal SJWs,
the perpetually aggrieved constituencies and local
media have a visceral fear of...
If The Police were to ever regain a solid footing
in this town, nary a one of these swing-dicks/hang-tits
should ever again have a restful night's sleep for fear
of rightful, legal and proper visitation by Karma as
facilitated by timely and revelatory "Dirty Tricks"
that result in a little skin being peeled from their asses.
Heh...
They have some crazy expectation that Chicago Policemen
are duty-bound and compelled to "fight fair."
Hell... Every day we patrolled, we tried to find
deserving shit-heads to play dirty tricks on...
Legally.
Court Sanctioned & Court Approved.
No... We did not delve into the pimpy...
Eagles do not hunt flies.
>Sinister Laughter & Malevolent Hand Rubbing<
nonymous said...
The obama years with the midget in charge has changed Chicago. Just look where the companies are going, they're not
interested in cities protecting illegals other then New York and their picks have lower crime then this shit hole. Chicago's
rep of being corrupt is well known, but in the day it was workable. Now you come into the City to do business and you have
to deal with the likes of Burke, Madigan and the rest. Someone sitting outside the fish bowl can see how fucked up things
really are, police, fire, municipal pensions are in financial trouble, and the medical been taken away from retirees. They know
promises are usually broken, taxes will be raised and the state is broke. The upper middle and middle class are fleeing the
state taking the brains and skills needed by the aforementioned companies. Why in the hell would any large corporation even
consider this place to do business in; then there's the unstable political racial factions running for the Office of Mayor. I know
a couple of coppers who had the heads up on Amazon considering Chicago. They sent the Amazon's corporate office crime
stats on a weekly bases, reporting the mayhem and shootings that were occurred during that time period. Call those coppers
whatever dirty name you want, I'll call them, "The Good Saboteurs'." Stay strong, fetal, and safe.........
12/15/2018 12:42:00 PM
10-4, there were others also throwing the wrench into the gears to fuck tiny dancer. Everyday I think of ways to get as much out of the CPD and give them nothing. When I took ten days for something I had nothing to do with, that was my wake-up moment. Now they have someone who is plotting to get back what they took from me ten times. Payback is a bitch.......
What company in their right mind would expand operations to the Chicago shithole. And act of pure lunacy!
Blogger 100ranch said...
What company in their right mind would expand operations to the Chicago shithole. And act of pure lunacy!
Expand your mind. Businesses are paying big rents downtown, so are hotels, restaurants, bars because it’s the place to be. Check the rents for apartments and real estate prices. Downtown is going nowhere. There are actually about 20 BILLION dollars in current and proposed projects for downtown as we speak. Appears there are plenty of rich lunatics
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In Rahm's defense, Amazon's search was rigged to begin with.
Why would ANY company want their business in Chicago??? Chicago has become a savage thug infested third world country shithole. Wildings on Michigan Avenue, corrupt politicians, jackass mayor- what's to like? Red light cameras, speed zone cameras. What the fuck- praytell- is a "Gun Free Zone"??? LMFAO !!! AND no place to park!
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