Epyr
Epyr t1_jed2qri wrote
Reply to comment by GearhedMG in CEOs are quietly backtracking on remote work—and more companies could follow by ethereal3xp
Yes, but small cities want businesses to have people draw money to them. How many small town die or become impoverished when companies leave en mass? It's not a small number and this trend will likely not help
Epyr t1_jecghyn wrote
Reply to comment by Socially8roken in CEOs are quietly backtracking on remote work—and more companies could follow by ethereal3xp
The bigger thing for companies is that many of them get grants and tax breaks from cities to have their offices there. The companies don't want to lose that money. Cities do it as they want the downtown traffic as it boosts local businesses like coffee shops and restaurants.
Epyr t1_jebdc9s wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL That There's a Bible Belt In The Netherlands by iamasinglepotassium
That's also not true. The Dutch arose as an independent nation in the 1600s and share a lot of history with the low Germans. Even today groups like the Frisians have arguably more in common with Germans such as the Hanoverians than the Hanoverians have with Bavarians. They were different than other Germans but not significantly moreso than other difference within what we now call the German people.
A quick look at wikipedia also shows they came from all over Germany and parts of the Netherlands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Dutch
Epyr t1_jeardxm wrote
Reply to comment by NoWarmEmbrace in TIL That There's a Bible Belt In The Netherlands by iamasinglepotassium
Though some may have been from the Netherlands as there wasn't historically as much distinction between the Dutch and Germans as their is today.
Epyr t1_j6ncbzt wrote
Reply to comment by kinglearthrowaway in Why Film Festivals Are Steering Clear of Controversial Movies by BobRobot77
It's Iran, not North Korea. They are trying to stop them from getting nukes. NK already has nukes.
Epyr t1_j23ykl0 wrote
Reply to comment by Kom501 in Russia fires 100 missiles from air and sea - Ukraine by RandomForks
They don't know what they are talking about, though emotions make it understandable as Ukrainians are dying every day.
A lot of Western tech takes a lot of time to train on which limits what can be sent. It's also a tough 'game' to play of equipping Ukraine without giving them equipment that you really don't want to potentially fall into Russian hands. That, and most of these countries still need to maintain stocks in case they are invaded or are drawn into a war.
Epyr t1_j21e6nd wrote
Reply to comment by almostthere69420 in Germany shrugs off Russia’s oil export ban, says move has ‘no practical significance’. by Marciu73
The issue with Canadian oil is that it's expensive to refine compared to a lot of other oil sources.
Epyr t1_iu2hdr4 wrote
Reply to comment by DeepCompote in This "Milk Rap" by Dairy Farmers of Ontario still runs through my head at least a couple of times a week by Azilard
I vaguely remember us actually having small bags of milk at school were this actually happened lol
Epyr t1_jef2wab wrote
Reply to comment by SatansHRManager in CEOs are quietly backtracking on remote work—and more companies could follow by ethereal3xp
In some cases yes, in most cases no. The number of people who prefer big cities vastly outweighs the number of people who prefer small cities. That doesn't mean some people don't like small cities, but it does mean small to medium sized cities don't massively benefit from having businesses running from their downtowns