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MGKrebs

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6. It's not just production companies.

Reply to oldsoftie (Reply #1)

Tue May 28, 2019, 11:55 AM

May 2019

There are conventions, sports events, concerts, corporate relocations... organizations choose to do business in locations for various reasons all the time. If you are choosing between city A and city B, and city A has some law or even just attitude, or traffic problem, or whatever, you can choose city B.

I am in Atlanta and in the convention business. That industry has suffered here for many years now because:
- Freaknik scared some people away
- Ice storms put some shows off
- Panhandlers
- traffic

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I prefer Ron Howards position. "IF" it goes into effect........ oldsoftie May 2019 #13

Fair enough LiberalLovinLug May 2019 #15

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