Good riddance. It irks me to no end that our system is set up to reward the largest and the wealthiest. NYC should have prepared a package for Amazon and said

Good riddance. It irks me to no end that our system is set up to reward the largest and the wealthiest. NYC should have prepared a package for Amazon and said "this is what we'll guarantee in breaks to small business owners if you come here". I didn't even think it was a particularly bad deal all things considered, I just hate the idea. Meanwhile, half of NYC and the country is wondering what NYC will do without 25,000 jobs. Or before that, wondering how the housing market could possibly bear it. 25,000 people, a ton of whom were already living in NYC (thats why they wanted to come) was going to be barely a ripple. The whole thing was a sham. People were way overstating the affect it'd have, and NYC needs better subways, not more tech jobs (or both in conjunction).