I would imagine they are thinking longer term than you are. Crystal City is 3 Metro stops from downtown DC, 10 or 15 minutes, but still has room for Amazon to b

I would imagine they are thinking longer term than you are. Crystal City is 3 Metro stops from downtown DC, 10 or 15 minutes, but still has room for Amazon to build and rebuild in their image. It has no culture or community, it's a blank slate. They can move in now easily, build their own buildings and remake the area within 5 years. There is room for housing as many of their employees within 3 metro stops/15 minute bus ride as might wish to live there. They could have gone to Dulles and had a blank slate to build on, but they don't think their employees and prospective employees want to live there. It's at least an hour from downtown during rush hour. It's an exurb, and Amazon does not see that as the future.