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I rather the money go to bringing tech jobs to NYC and making it a true technology hub then leave it in the hands of the city to spend billions on useless subway lines that are 3x the construction cost of anywhere else in the world:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/28/nyregion/new-york-subway-...

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Ah yes, "useless" subway lines that carry [checks notes] 5.6 million trips a day.

I'd rather have money go towards our public transit system, no matter how fucked up it is at the moment, than spend another cent on bringing tech jobs that will come here no matter what. NYC's been a "true technology hub" for a long time, regardless of one giant company deciding to abstain from coming here.

Why is everyone doing this ‘checks notes’ bit all of a sudden? It’s all over Twitter.

Referring to the second avenue extension.

People want to live and work in NYC in part because of those useless subway lines. There is no need for NYC to hand out taxpayer money to any company. Companies will come regardless.

Increasing density isn’t going to make subway lines cheaper by the way.

+1. I've fallen in love with NYC over the past few years in no small part due to the transit system working well enough for me to explore all around it comfortably.

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