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Originally Posted by Qubert
"Gentrification"
Just about *any* other location in the US would have a far greater displacement impact than NYC. LIC and the surrounding area haven't been cheap in 20 years. Other cities would see massive displacement while NY can absorb new development much more organically.
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While I agree with most of what you are saying this is a bit silly. It's hard to think of any place in the US more expensive than NYC. Piling Amazon on that will exasperate the problem.
This could go to another large metro that doesn't have an affordability problem like Chicago or Philly, and you wouldn't notice it at all. Chicago's bid is on a site larger than Hudson Yards which could single handedly contain all the jobs and apartments for workers without spilling into any surrounding neighborhood.
I don't get why Amazon picked two of the most expensive places in country for this. They brought these complaints on themselves. It's a case of out of the Seattle frying pan and into the NYC fire.