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Re:Amazon to Build Second HQ in North America by rb808 on Thursday September 07, 2017 @10:36AM (#15192213)
From memory the reason Amazon was based in Seattle was that it was close to book publisher warehouses, that is no longer a good reason to remain there.
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Re:Amazon to Build Second HQ in North America by fpo on Thursday September 07, 2017 @01:28PM (#15193951)
Also the initial business plan of Amazon was in large part trying to benefit from not having to pay sales tax on out of state shipments.
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