Comment by mi100hael

I'll be the one to voice disagreement and say I have no problem with cities offering tax breaks for large development projects like this. The lasting benefit to cities like Columbus, Indy, and Pitt would definitely be far more than even a couple billion in tax breaks. You're talking a fundamental change in direction from being a has-been manufacturing town to a national technology leader. Doubling real-estate values for current residents. Enormous increases in sales/property/income tax revenues. It's an investment with very real returns for these places.