Philly, Chicago, Raleigh - The (Actual) Finalists for Amazon HQ2

[The North One]

Wait, we're still pretending this was a contest? Thought we were well passed that fallacy now. There were no finalists.

This whole scam was so blatant and such an embarrassment to this country. I'm surprised it didn't produce any legislation that prohibited companies from pinning states against each other for public handouts. But then again I'm not, this is the US.

Anyway, support your local unions.

[SIGSEGV]

Originally Posted by The North One

Wait, we're still pretending this was a contest? Thought we were well passed that fallacy now. There were no finalists.

This whole scam was so blatant and such an embarrassment to this country. I'm surprised it didn't produce any legislation that prohibited companies from pinning states against each other for public handouts. But then again I'm not, this is the US.

Anyway, support your local unions.

I do hope that cities wise up when some other company does this next time. But who am I kidding.

[PhillyRising]

Originally Posted by Londonee

According to a new book profiling Bezos and Amazon called "Amazon Unbound."

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/13/b...rad-stone.html



https://www.inquirer.com/news/amazon...-20210515.html

This Inquirer article goes in slightly deeper (and arguably more eye-lollingly off-the-rails) talking about how the CEO of AWS Andy Jassy (and soon to be CEO of Amazon) intervened at the 11th hour saying he couldn't convince his people to relocate to Philly in part b/c of how much he hated Philly sports teams, especially the Eagles....

So, effectively, a multi-year search process - conducted by a dedicated team, with years of research and effort - was thrown out the window in a instant based on "gut" decisions and the fact that the New York Football Giants are a dog-sh#t team.

He's just mad the Eagles have owned the Giants for the last 20 years.