Ngl, I wouldn’t even be able to turn down that offer lmao
In Mountain View, California (heart of Silicon Valley, Google HQ nearby) there used to be a shopping center called Old Mill. It actually had a fake watermill indoors.
Over time it got old and decrepit, so they sold it to developers who wanted to raze it and build a snazzy new shopping center with high-end condos above.
There was one shop at the edge of the block that was a mom and pop international grocery store, and the owners had bought the underlying land from the original shopping center many years back when times were tough.
The new developers offered the family a bucket of money. They refused. The whole mall and the parking lot were demolished, making it hard for customers to get to the grocery store. Didn’t matter. They kept going. Building construction started. Massive towers and deep excavation. Dust everywhere. The developers would stop by every few months and offer more. The family still refused.
It got to the point that the fancy mall was nearly finished with just this one little ugly old store sticking out, ruining the view.
It was only then that the grocery store finally sold. The final number wasn’t known, but the family moved down the street and opened THREE more stores in the area, each much bigger than that original store.
Point is, it’s a risky move, but sometimes holding out pans out.
I go to that Walmart all the time, and used to go to the shopping center in the before times when I was a kid. How long ago was this? I don’t ever remember seeing this shop mentioned. Where about relative to the current setup is it?
They were a plain grocery store. Some sort of international market. When they moved, they added food and moved from San Antonio to near Castro: https://www.yelp.com/biz/rose-international-market-mountain-view-3
They opened another outlet in Cupertino: https://www.yelp.com/biz/super-cupertino-cupertino
Heard the story from friends who lived nearby.
They can reject all they want, one of the neighbors will sell out and they will be stuck dealing with the noise pollution and tainted water. I wouldn’t want to sell, but I feel like you kinda have to.
Food is important ,cant survive on data center,
26M could buy you a lot of food…
Its gone in one day
They don’t want us to survive.
Which tells you they would pay three times more than what they’re offering, not to mention it’s no where near enough to survive what they’re planning.
So ,time has come to revolt
I would simply take the 26 million and buy a large amount of land elsewhere.
Slaps the whole state of New Mexico
“We’ll have I got some beautiful red dirt land for you to buy. This has so much clay you’ll be making data centers out of bricks in no time!”
2,000 acres is a lot of land. Even before peak housing crisis 200 acres could sell for around $4m. Not only is there an ethics concern, but it also sounds like a low-ball offer
It will always be a low-ball offer if coming from a company. But if the taxes on all that land are more than what it’s producing, even a low offer may be tempting.
