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Pedantic. He created a job opening, they accepted it. Ask NYC how terrible those 30,000 new Amazon jobs are ... oh right, they don't exist there because the "Be
by ctdonath 7y ago
Pedantic. He created a job opening, they accepted it. Ask NYC how terrible those 30,000 new Amazon jobs are ... oh right, they don't exist there because the "Bezos is a meanie" people drove them away.
A job is better than no job. Bezos hired them to do something productive.
- alphabettsy 7y agoI think it was residents didn’t want to pay millions or billions in incentives for jobs.
- wycy 7y agoIncorrect. Amazon says it was not about the politics[0]. Plus, Amazon is still coming to NYC anyway, because there was still demand for an office there[1]. But now NYC gets it for free rather than paying billions in subsidies. [0] https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/10/amazon-reveals-the-truth-on-why-it-nixed-ny-and-chose-virginia-for-hq2.html https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/10/amazon-reveals-the-truth-on-... [1] https://nypost.com/2019/05/27/amazon-is-reportedly-eyeing-office-space-on-manhattans-west-side/ https://nypost.com/2019/05/27/amazon-is-reportedly-eyeing-of...
- ceejayoz 7y agoThe HQ2 jobs don't exist in Crystal City yet, either. Let's not count chickens before they hatch... particularly with Amazon quietly continuing to hatch chickens in NYC anyways. NYC doesn't seem like it's struggling to attract jobs.