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You're missing the point - there is a company that has employees that can [ostensibly] do the job you need. It's a free market so you could directly employ those people, and in that case you get the same level of expertise and you aren't paying for the outsourcing company's overhead.

Obviously employing those exact people may not be possible, but theoretically a large enough city can draw others of similar skill.



Why are we talking about large cities? New Bedford is under 100k people, and the parent post said "rag tag city governments" not large cities.




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