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Re:Amazon’s HQ2 Spectacle Should Be Illegal by thousandautumns on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @02:23PM (#18443984)
> What Amazon did was playing the field; why not get a bonus for letting others compete; rather than taking nothing because it was already decided?

You are assuming they were seriously considering the other cities, rather than making a show in order to secure as favorable terms as possible from the cities they were already planning on.

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Re:Amazon’s HQ2 Spectacle Should Be Illegal by fhood on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @02:27PM (#18444020)
You mean you weren't deeply surprised by their decision to be near the actual and financial capitals of the US?!?!
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Re:Amazon’s HQ2 Spectacle Should Be Illegal by dfxm12 on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @03:23PM (#18444557)
That still left a bunch of cities in the running, all just a train ride away from DC and NYC. Shame on Dallas and Denver, I guess, though.
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Re:Amazon’s HQ2 Spectacle Should Be Illegal by walshemj on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @06:02PM (#18445731)
A slow train ride away its not like you have TGV lines connecting major hubs in the USA
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