Though certainly not their aim, this has the unintentional side effect of reducing the value of surrounding real estate. Thus, Amazon can further expand their

Though certainly not their aim, this has the unintentional side effect of reducing the value of surrounding real estate. Thus, Amazon can further expand their offices to surrounding real estate at a lower cost. The homeless people, simply by being repulsive, are providing a wholly unintentional benefit to Amazon's bottom line. I could imagine that this is a trend that could catch on and become the 21st century politically correct version of blockbusting [1]. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockbusting https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockbusting