I am from Buffalo. There used to be a major employer called Bethlehem Steel, which had a plant in the adjacent city of Lackawanna, New York. Now the city of Lackawanna used to just rape Bethlehem Steel with their property tax levies. I think you could sum up the prevailing attitude of the local politicians with the phrase - "What are they going to do, leave?"
Bethlehem Steel didn't leave. Until they did.
That reminds me of Schenectady, NY and GE.
GE wound up tearing down building after building.