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Amazon in Seattle is the most extreme example of a tech company dominating its hometown that I know of. Block after block of Amazon buildings, right in the hear
by pc2g4d 10y ago
Amazon in Seattle is the most extreme example of a tech company dominating its hometown that I know of. Block after block of Amazon buildings, right in the heart of the city. I personally think it's alright, but I expect locals that know what got pushed out are less sanguine about it.
- jseliger 10y agoBlock after block of Amazon buildings, right in the heart of the city. I personally think it's alright, but I expect locals that know what got pushed out are less sanguine about it. When I was growing up, downtown Seattle was a wasteland at night and South Lake Union worse. Amazon has a large but consolidated presence in places that at one point contained almost no housing. It wouldn't be hard to make Seattle's overall housing situation a LOT more affordable: http://crosscut.com/2015/09/the-burden-of-building-low-income-housing/ http://crosscut.com/2015/09/the-burden-of-building-low-incom..., but most wealthy existing owners don't want that to happen. Hell, even legalizing three-story townhouses: http://crosscut.com/2015/04/bring-back-the-townhouse-can-millennials-and-boomers-change-the-regions-housing-mix/ http://crosscut.com/2015/04/bring-back-the-townhouse-can-mil... would do a lot.
- __derek__ 10y agoAgreed. Reading this story, Snap struck me as the anti-Amazon. Whereas Snap moved into an established neighborhood and took over, Amazon focused development on a neighborhood that was derelict and turned it into a ripe area for other developers (e.g., Paul Allen's Vulcan). > Amazon has a large but consolidated presence in places that at one point contained almost no housing. Exactly, and SLU now has a lot of new housing, mostly filled with Amazon employees.