See Small-Town Locals and Newcomers Unite Against a Common Foe: Data Centers: Residents in Appalachian tourist area band together to keep one of the largest data-center complexes in the world out of their no-stoplight community by Kris Maher of The WSJ. Excerpts:”residents [of DAVIS, W.Va.] are . . . determined to keep big tech out of…
Life is full of tradeoffs: We can have more data centers and local tax revnue or less tourism and a dirtier environment
Life is full of tradeoffs: We can have more data centers and local tax revnue or less tourism and a dirtier environment
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in economics of regulation, politics - USA, public economics, urban economics Tags: NIMBY, zoning
Ed Glaeser doesn’t hold back
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in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, environmental economics, income redistribution, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, transport economics, urban economics Tags: green rentseeking, NIMBY

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