La Farm is opening a location is RDU, announced on WRAL.
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All the local faire at RDU is awesome!
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I hope this is in T2 ?
Believe so, they will operate out of a stall until winter 2020 in T2 until their space is open.
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Great plan and video but we need it much faster than by 2040. The actual growth rates are way beyond what was projected for the 2040 plans
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Nice tease at the end for the direct flight to Beijing 
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Nice video. They are laser focused on a direct to China. I wonder if the demand is really there or if it is more of a prestige thing.
With the large Indian population in the Triangle, I wonder if a direct to India would make more sense.
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We have the US headquarters of Chinese-owned Lenovo. I’m sure this could help more Chinese and Asian businesses set up in Raleigh instead of somewhere else and even help Triangle-based businesses grow into Asian markets.
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Story from TBJ about funding for RDU
One of the shockers to me is
“Wake and Durham counties and the cities of Durham and Raleigh, contribute $50,000 a year to its operations and capital program”
I assume that’s each but a drop in ocean relate to what RDU brings to region. Would think RDU would be shoe-in for tourist tax $$.
Seems that RDU will need $3-4B over next 20years (more likely IMO sooner) but only has identified $2B in funding.
Amtrak from Cary<->Orlando is the perfect overnight trip. Did it once a few years ago in a roomette with a 10 month old. We got off the train in Winter Park if I recall, and it was 8pm-9am on the way down, and 7pm-8am on the way back. If I recall and it was about a 5ish minute walk from the station to a car rental agency.
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I was told that between Lenovo and Duke (who have a large Beijing campus) it generates about 100 passengers a week between RDU and PEK. That doesn’t seem like much but in the future, where Beijing is building a mega airport, being connected to it may be pretty advantageous.
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Duke also has a campus just west of Shanghai. Just for info, the new mega airport in Beijing opened last month. Has expressway, subway and train connections into Beijing built into airport from start. From what I’ve read most US flights will remand at older (~15yo) mega PEK airport.
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It won’t be 2040 that just the name
Isn’t that kinda a dumb name?
I think it makes sense, though?
They’re saying the upgrades will all happen by 2040 (if not sooner).
Sure, I guess a couple decades is the going rate to get things done. 
