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Originally Posted by Fbone
All good choices for Apple.
As far as Amazon, I imagine Seattle's new city income tax on earnings above $250k and the soon-to-be $15 minimum wage contributed toward the HQ2 decision although Amazon denies it (LOL).
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You said Amazon needed to hire 50,000 new employees.
I see Seattle has a population of 704,000. Do you have any clue what an additional 200,000 people would do to the infrastructure?
50,000 employees +wives & kids. You have to consider each employee as 4 people.
I can tell you what increasing a population by 1/4 to 1/3 can do.
You will have not enough housing, overcrowded schools, massive rent jumps, property tax increases, overflowing street, more crime, shall I continue?