When VW moved into Chattanooga they got their own firestation, EMS dispatch and hospital for instance, that's of course in addition to the roads, water etc...
2) Property and local sales taxes are more likely to stay in the community, whereas the corporate taxes would be sent to Carson City and redistributed to who knows what.
3) Municipalities with strong and diverse property tax sources tend to be community-driven and citizen-oriented. Municipalities with single source of income coming from some corporate giant are incentivized to be pushovers for corporate agenda.