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Why? Anoucing early who's out prevents those contenders to spend more money and waste further time with the bid.
by dorfsmay 8y ago
Why? Anoucing early who's out prevents those contenders to spend more money and waste further time with the bid.
- untog 8y agoThey could be notified privately. After all, all details of the negotiations had been private up until that point.
- ethbro 8y agoIndeed. The announcement and the mundanity of the finalist cities was pretty shitty to all the smaller towns Amazon insinuated could be in the running. I live in on the finalist cities, but I also have good friends in a nearby regional hub who made a good faith effort. It would have been one thing to tell them "We didn't select you." It's something different to say "We're still considering cities, but definitely not yours."