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Assorted Links Tuesday

QR codes made out of drones, teenage employment has rebounded, Site Selection Groups economic incentives report, and more.

Dane Carlson
Dane Carlson
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Assorted Links Tuesday

Drones light up Shanghai’s sky with a QR code (that you can scan!).


Teenage employment has bounced back to near pre-Covid levels.

Prime-age employment remains depressed at levels well below early 2020.


Site Selection Group has released their 2021 economic incentives report.  See graph below, plus there are more graphs at the link.


Uninhabitable California Bay Area shack listed for $575k.  The actual shack is pictured below.


More bad news for the Golden State of half-million-dollar shacks: California chases away citizens, startups, and, perhaps, the internet industry it invented.  


Last, but probably not least: Marijuana by the numbers.  420, the unofficial high holiday, turned 50 today.

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