Amazon - Get The F Out Of Seattle - Take Your Greedy CEO To Hell With You

[Henry Krinkle]

23. 7 horrible things that could happen to cities if they win Amazon's HQ2 bid

And yet, cities are lining up to invite Amazon to their community.
I live just outside of Boston (which just so happens to be a top contender).
Current congestion, traffic, housing prices, public transportation are bad
enough as it is now. Amazon locating here would an unimaginable disaster.

Cities and states are coughing up billions of dollars in incentives to win the bid for Amazon's second headquarters, dubbed HQ2.

The tech giant has promised that the $5 billion campus will bring economic prosperity to its chosen location. Seattle — where Amazon planted its first headquarters in the late 1990s — has seen this financial boost first-hand.

Now Seattle's largest employer, Amazon employs 40,000 people at its headquarters and has served as the catalyst for the city's booming tech industry.

At the same time, the company has transformed Seattle's culture as well as its physical landscape. In March, local governmental and business leaders debated whether Amazon has been good for Seattle.

The Seattle Times reports that the leaders echoed many of the concerns that residents have voiced regarding Amazon's role in several issues now facing the city, including gentrification, rising housing prices, and unrelenting construction and gridlock.

This week, Amazon escalated a fight over a proposed tax that could help alleviate the city's affordable housing and homelessness crises. The company does not want to pay the tax, so it's halting major expansion plans in Seattle[/quote]

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