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I was working for Amazon at the time, and lived in Boston. Everyone thought (naively?) that Boston was going to “win” - until Bezos bought a fancy mansion in DC
by vineyardmike 3y ago
I was working for Amazon at the time, and lived in Boston. Everyone thought (naively?) that Boston was going to “win” - until Bezos bought a fancy mansion in DC. It was quite embarrassing to watch even still.
I’m still proud of our local government for publicly publishing their proposal, and not offering any major concessions. The proposal was basically “we have what you want, so come get it, we’re not gunna pay you”.
- ghaff 3y agoAs I recall, the Boston location (Suffolk Downs) would not have been what the typical Amazon HQ worker would have envisioned as being in Boston. OK, there's some public transit but you're basically in a largely blue collar area north of the city. (So somewhat like the NYC proposal in that respect.)