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joezydeco | karma 21798 | avg karma 3.0 · 2017-09-26 00:18:05+00:00

They can't get people to relocate to Seattle, much less a town in the middle of nowhere.

virmundi | karma 2547 | avg karma 1.92 · 2017-09-26 00:28:58+00:00

I wonder if that's due to cost of living. Seattle is expensive. Palatka Florida? Not so much.

beisner | karma 1309 | avg karma 3.71 · 2017-09-26 02:07:41+00:00

It’s not due to cost of living, most of the software engineers straight out of school (in my cohort, at least) want to be in NYC or SF. Amazon does the bulk of their recruiting from new grads, so a large contingent of their workforce is disincentivized from working outside those areas.

Rapzid | karma 5572 | avg karma 1.75 · 2017-09-26 03:19:00

Palatka stinks. Literally, it smells. Unless they shut the paper factory?

virmundi | karma 2547 | avg karma 1.92 · 2017-09-26 19:22:28+00:00

They haven't. But you get use to it. Besides, one of the main draws is eco-tourism. If done right, we could have eco-houses for the Amazon folk.

Rapzid | karma 5572 | avg karma 1.75 · 2017-09-27 00:17:00

Interesting. I hope to get a chance to visit the area again before too long. My entire childhood was spent in Keystone Heights; right up to adolescence when we left Florida. Wasn't sure if I was mis-remembering the paper mill :)