In 2016, I relocated from Silicon Valley to southern Rhode Island to build and reside in a new custom home. Over the next two years, I probably injected up to $

In 2016, I relocated from Silicon Valley to southern Rhode Island to build and reside in a new custom home. Over the next two years, I probably injected up to $1M into the local economy. I didn't expect or receive any special treatment from the local government. I didn't go to local officials and threaten to relocate elsewhere unless they gave me incentives, tax breaks, concessions, enticements, zoning variances, etc. In my opinion, the type of special treatment that New York offered Amazon is fundamentally anti-democratic and just plain wrong.