They might be really good at basketball . <| sep |> go for it , i don ' t see why not <| sep |> First thing that will happen is that people will buy homes and property for $ 20 , 000 but have an income of at least $ 75 , 000 . They may even buy out the abandoned buildings next to them and demolish them to have yards and such . The prices for homes will skyrocket back up to the 100 k range where most suburb or city homes are in the US , which will inspire older retired factory workers and other individuals who own homes but have small incomes to sell and move themselves outside the city . Businesses will come and go as they try and adjust to the tastes of the new residents and schools will be vastly improved by the new income from the increased property values . This will also drastically increase the tax revenue and allow for further renovating projects throughout the city . With the lower cost of compensating individuals , the city may use eminent domain to start a new mass transit network if they are feeling ambitious . If there is a spike in employees living on both sides of the boarder , there may even be a nice over the river tram line . as far as the number of employees , it really depends on what google plans on building . first and foremost you ' ll have roughly 3003000 employees depending on whether it is a simple datacenter or a hub office where a team of engineers work . Regardless , the building also must be maintained , and will probably hire a hundred or so janitorial staff , directly or more likely through a local company . Add on about 2030 security guards , landscaping crews and snow removal , and you have at least 200300 people not necessarily working directly for google employed because they are there . Depending on the multiplier effect at work , you can see a direct income of 25 million dollars to everyone on the small end injecting 2050 million dollars into the local economy . This is a really rosy view of the potential , but it is entirely possible . Just need the state of Michigan to pull it ' s head out of it ' s ass to help with the infrastructure needed to pull in this contract . Sadly , I ' ve spoken directly to one of our state legislator and he point blank refused to support the idea of the state of Michigan supporting infrastructure projects with the goal of attracting tech jobs .