>There's a reason Amazon wanted to build HQ2 at NYC & NOVA To quote Contact: "First rule in government spending: why build one when you can have two at twice t

>There's a reason Amazon wanted to build HQ2 at NYC & NOVA To quote Contact: "First rule in government spending: why build one when you can have two at twice the price?" They were likely given so much in tax incentives from local local and state governments that building 2 HQ2s was less than what one would have cost Amazon on its own. Furthermore, it makes sense to want to have HQs in both the Financial and Federal Government centers of the US.