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0 pointscglace13y ago0 comments

I doubt the small increase in capital from bringing in more startups would have a large effect on cost of living.

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rmah13y ago

It would not initially. However, if there are a few big successes, the cost of living would rise. But even then, it would be concentrated in the areas considered attractive to the newly successful company employees and people in the secondary economy serving them.

gte910h13y ago

Unlike NYC and SFO, we are not a port city. We have functionally "infinite spaces for suburbs, and no geographic boundaries". We aren't on the water, and 2-3 directions on the compass you hit forest/fields really fast.

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=google+maps+satellite+atlanta...

I don't think we have the potential even for severe housing cost rises even.

laurentoget13y ago

This is a 5 million people area. It would take a handful of Microsoft sized startups to make that needle move.

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