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Re:Amazon expected to announce NYC and Northern Virginia as ... by jowiar on Monday November 12, 2018 @11:26PM (#18438588)
Hundreds is a stretch. When you get down to the hundredth-largest city you’re at Des Moines, population 217k. At that point, if the company were to say “zero our taxes or we leave”, the city would do as told.

How small can a city be and have a healthy relationship with an employer of 25,000?

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Re:Amazon expected to announce NYC and Northern Virginia as ... by api on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @09:11AM (#18449912)
These kinds of demands for special treatment need to be made illegal. That would help.
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