It amazes me that the banker/investment idiots are so addicted to New York City, and the government guys are so addicted to Washington DC.
They could all cut fifty percent of their costs by moving out to cities like Charleston, Nashville, or Boise.
That happened for a while, but it was driven partly by favorable banking regulations in some states. Delaware was always a place where banks wanted to locate their headquarters. Citibank had a big presence in Sioux Falls, South Dakota for a long time — and maybe it still does.
How America’s Dullest City Got Cool
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