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Message: [QUOTE="Cusefan0307, post: 1501551, member: 1743"] I never said you're too old, but I do think you are pushing 1990's thinking. I'm sure you're a great attorney, just like I think I'm a great financial analyst, but I don't fully agree with your thinking. Nationally the approach has been to clean up cities and invest in city centers. Albany and Buffalo have already started doing it. Syracuse has started doing it to a lesser degree, but we need more. You say Syracuse is falling apart, but you fail to acknowledge the heavy investment in Salina and the area around the Dey's building/Warren street. More investment will come when there is a final decision made on 81. Syracuse should be doing things to attract businesses here, like the company I work for (but won't disclose on here). I don't think leaders in town have done a good enough job selling what the city has to offer. (affordable rent, colleges nearby to hire, more affordable salary for companys... etc) My company has been successful in Syracuse by selling cheaper wages and rent to the executive committee. (We pay about 20% less here than NYC). Our headquarters is in New York, so it's easy for management to visit if they want. I'd say 75 percent of our employees are younger than 40 and all college educated, so you can't tell me it's impossible to find an educated work force here. I think Syracuse can attract other companies like my own by selling themselves the business advantages we do have. All you keep telling me in your posts is what Syracuse can't offer. If you're not turning some of what you think is negative into positive we are never going to be successful. A lot of corporations are trying to get unnecessary operations out of expensive locations like New York City. Why Syracuse hasn't been able to completely capitalize is beyond me. I think a lot of people are stuck in a cynical view of thinking we can't do certain things here. It's really a shame that the microchip plant is being build in Malta and not Syracuse because city leaders can't agree on anything. Instead we have an albatross of a mall that does nothing more than add low-wage part time jobs. [/QUOTE]

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