mudflaps

I think when all is said and done this will be less about tax credits and more about choosing a city that's easy to work with on core issues like transit, development, and infrastructure. There are only a few cities who can really qualify in terms of having existing talent pools and being an attractive relo destination. This isn't putting an auto plant in bumfk. But working with Seattle's leaders ain't easy for anyone--sure, would be nice to get some tax credits, but ultimately those are just one way a new HQ partner could signal that they're seriously motivated to work well together. We'll see.

Amazon has had a development site in Vancouver for more than 6 years. It's one of the larger North American outposts today. The area probably doesn't have enough locally created talent to be the second HQ, and cost of living isn't favorable if you need to relocate large numbers of people. Doubling down on the PNW doesn't do much for cultural or geographic diversity, imo.