Anyone else read the Opinion piece in Crains entitled "
Amazon's HQ2 Will Help Other Cities, Too"?
Anyone who did read it, feel like it was an argument that anyone who's actually good at their job should leave Chicago? That's how it came across to me. I'm not one who believes the local papers should be actively boosters for the City, but it might be nice if they didn't print things that are actively tearing the city down.
For those without a subscription and can't figure out how to get behind the paywall for free, here's the second paragraph:
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Right? Not exactly. As well-compensated employees drive up costs in these cities, they will create incentives for workers and companies who can't afford San Francisco rents or Google salaries. “Trickle down economic development” will create winners out of the cities that aren’t landing new tech jobs or headquarters.
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The implication seems to be that Chicago is one of those second-tier cities and will only ever get second-tier jobs and pay second-tier wages. And if that be true, and you're a first-tier worker, why on Earth would you even consider staying in Chicago?
I don't disagree with the idea that wages will trickle down to other cities, but the timing and placement of this opinion piece seems to me to be meant to apply to Chicago. So my question is why would Crains do that?