Dartz Wrote:I believe I've said this before: Noah isn't as smart as he thinks he is. That includes his knowledge of how other nations do things.Quote:And while I suspect that Ireland would allow some Unreal Estate launches just because the UK doesn't like Unreal Estate, the Irish are possessive of their homes...
In practice. It tends to be the opposite. Both countries tend to use each other as guinea pigs, and borrow legislative concepts regularly. Because Britain doesn't allow it, isn't a good reason for Ireland to allow it. Both countries are closer than they are further apart. Political objections will be more along the lines of 'Theft from future generations' and they can get quite a bit of steam behind that because it's very close to the current message of 'Theft from future generations' as applied to the banking crisis. Never mind that most of those future generations have already left for Canada or Australia....
Dartz Wrote:I still think moving down to Detroit might be the better option, rather than moving Detroit up. It's big. It has access to the States. It's cheap. And it's desperate for cash. It's a crack in the door to lever open access to the big American markets, setting up US sales' subsidiaries and the like. It could be the catalyst for a defrost in America when they see how much cash the city rakes in from being a business gateway. Or for the rest of the country to cripple Detroit economically by witholding critical funding from Cities/States that do business with space to ram home their own pet policies. One or the other, depending on how cynical you are.Ah, now I see where you're going with this...
And you won't have to deal with the EPA and every other federal and State agency involved.... along with historical preservation societies and the like.
Another benefit: it's on the border with Canada (Detroit/Windsor is the busiest crossing between the USA and Canada), so the Customs and shipping infrastructure is already in place. I suspect the Ciara could find a berth somewhere on the Detroit River waterfront - if not immediately, then within a half-decade.
As for crippling Detroit economically, the city just filed for bankruptcy protection. One doesn't get more "crippled" than that, financially, without actually going bankrupt.
Now to pick a hotel somewhere near the river downtown, for Stellvia Hotels to purchase...
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Rob Kelk
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