Moving fed agencies out of DC is a Yang plank....hmmm

99% of BLM managed land is west of Mississippi....why should their HQ be in DC?

Haven't heard a convincing reason that USDA is better in DC than it would be in KC....except some whiny sounding things, like...Trump didn't ask us nicely....

What research are you talking about? Let 'em walk....hard to believe that any of them are indispensable....you're going to lose a few good ones....just hire a few good replacements

Even when agency HQ buildings are here....many of their almost employees never are.....remote and telework....doesn't matter if your employee is working from home 7 minutes away or 7 hours.

dstieger wrote:

Moving fed agencies out of DC is a Yang plank....hmmm

99% of BLM managed land is west of Mississippi....why should their HQ be in DC?

Haven't heard a convincing reason that USDA is better in DC than it would be in KC....except some whiny sounding things, like...Trump didn't ask us nicely....

What research are you talking about? Let 'em walk....hard to believe that any of them are indispensable....you're going to lose a few good ones....just hire a few good replacements

Even when agency HQ buildings are here....many of their almost employees never are.....remote and telework....doesn't matter if your employee is working from home 7 minutes away or 7 hours.

dstieger wrote:

It's partially to force a headcount reduction

victor809 wrote:

And that's a bad thing?

Unions would be extraordinarily effective at blocking any other methods.

This seems to me to be one of those things that will get a knee jerk pissnmoan from anyone opposed to Trump. Doesn't matter whether they'd otherwise agree with sound reasoning backing

dstieger wrote:

With internet capabilities I don't see much use for metropolitan areas any more. I understand there's manufacturing and shipping logistics to consider but you can tap on a keyboard anywhere.

Krazeehorse wrote:

Try getting an inexpensive, stable, secure and decent connection to the internet in BFE US. It definitely effects the bottom line of doing business. We have an office in Portland, Oregon and they get better "tech services" at half the price as our Kentucky office. 🌫

Buckwheat wrote:

As for "hiring good replacements".... eh... you can find quality people anywhere... but in a city like DC you will always have more well educated people to choose from than somewhere like KC. The agency will suffer.... and that as well appears intentional.

victor809 wrote:

You must be from KC making blanket statements like that. The ole anyone from the Midwest is an ignorant hillbilly assumption? 🤦

What a tool.

USNGunner wrote:

Yeah, nobody in their right mind would relocate to Kansas City. Bwaaaaahahahahahaha.

Krazeehorse wrote:

In KC 4% of the population has achieved a Masters Degree.... 1% of the population has a Doctorate.
In DC 33% of the population has a Masters Degree.... 7% has a Doctorate.

If you're an agency which needs to employ scientists... which location do you think is more likely to have the candidates you want?

victor809 wrote:

Dude.

33% of the population??

I think you're wrong.

It's likely only 33% of people who have a bachelor's or better.

Not a subtle difference.

tailgater wrote:

https://www.citylab.com/life/2019/08/education-talent-city-ranking-college-degree-us/596509/

Nothing to do with Trump, but this page does a pretty good job of distilling Census educational data geographically. (It has bar charts! :)

dstieger wrote:

I looked it up. If I'm wrong then the source material is wrong (I'll admit, I grabbed the first one) but it's the same source site that gave me the KC data.

Remember, DC is a very small area which encompasses a lot of government. It's bordered by the NIH....

https://www.towncharts.com/District-of-Columbia/Education/Washington-city-DC-Education-data.html 

Bachelors is 40% (I'm assuming they mean 40% only achieved a bachelors, and it isn't cumulative)

victor809 wrote: