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by NoOneNew 1543 days ago
"Put the warehouse in the middle of nowhere..."

Dude... you play way too many video games. The cost of building a warehouse, lead time and logistics is not like in Simcity. Best case, you'll have a large dockable warehouse in 12 months after purchase IF the bureaucracy is smooth. Which it wont be. Mobilizing a crew is its own nightmare when it's "middle of nowhere". Where do you house a hundred rotating contractors within a 20 min travel time if it's in the middle of nowhere that doesnt have the population infrastructure for that influx? Trucking in materials is it's own issue. Along with equipment. Oh and when the rest of the industry is doing the same thing... wait list or you get the bargain bin contractors... which... yea... not worth it. That and Conexes "rot". They're not long term solutions in a lot of environments. There's a lot of reasons why it ain't that easy as you think.

I hate the smell of white collar in the morning.

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>I hate the smell of white collar in the morning.

More like "armchair urban planner/real estate developer". While I'm sure that most "white collar" workers don't know how long these steps take, I'm sure that some white collar workers in the chain (eg. management/engineers/civil servants) do know. By the same token, while I'm sure some non-white collar workers know how long this takes, I'm sure most non-white collar workers (eg. guy working in retail) don't have any idea either.