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ams6110
on July 22, 2013
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What if Google bought Detroit?
Yeah we tried company towns. Didn't work so well.
sp332
on July 22, 2013
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I have heard of one company town that worked: Rochester, New York and the Eastman Kodak company.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/17/nyregion/despite-long-slid...
But it's the only one I've ever heard of.
mrb
on July 22, 2013
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In China, it seems to work well to the financial benefit of the company. There are companies owning entire "cities" with houses for the employees, farms to produce eggs, schools for the kids, etc.
rmc
on July 23, 2013
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Or China is censoring all the news. After all, Big Brother has
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the chocolate ratio to 20 grammes per week!
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