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Why does Amazon want to leave Seattle?

City Beautiful · Nov 13, 2026 · 17:53

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Watch over 2,400 documentaries with Curiosity Stream for free for a month by signing up at http://curiositystream.com/citybeautiful and using the code, "citybeautiful" at checkout.I’m on Patreon! Consider supporting this channel:https://www.patreon.com/citybeautifulResources:This video was synthesized from a these sources:Amazon HQ2: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/07/technology/amazon-headquarters-north-america.html238 bidding cities: https://qz.com/1119945/a-nearly-complete-list-of-the-238-places-that-bid-for-amazons-next-headquarters/Wooing Bezos: https://archive.curbed.com/2018/12/27/18157712/amazon-hq2-bid-tax-breaks-economic-developmentKansas City mayor: https://mashable.com/2017/10/12/kansas-city-mayor-thousand-amazon-reviews/Tuscon cactus: https://apnews.com/article/84b56066c1a14d2d810884ef0a1075e0 Seattle's tax breaks are a gamble:https://www.seattlemet.com/news-and-city-life/2020/07/seattle-s-new-payroll-tax-is-a-gambleRecord-breaking tax breaks: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2013/11/12/washington-just-awarded-the-largest-state-tax-subsidy-in-u-s-history/Boeing’s tax breaks: https://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-boeing-washington-20170503-story.htmlAlso:https://www.mackinac.org/new-evidence-confirms-corporate-handout-shortcomingshttps://www.cheatsheet.com/money-career/high-on-the-hog-the-top-8-corporate-welfare-recipients.html/https://www.geekwire.com/2019/exclusive-amazon-moving-thousands-employees-seattle-relocating-key-division-nearby-city/https://www.seattlepi.com/business/article/Amazon-to-move-thousands-of-employees-from-13739153.phphttps://www.washingtonian.com/2019/06/16/the-real-story-of-how-virginia-won-amazon-hq2/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-03/amazon-s-hq2-fiasco-was-driven-by-bezos-envy-of-elon-muskhttps://www.cnn.com/style/article/amazon-hq2-design-helix/index.htmlNebula source:https://www.seattlebusinessmag.com/article/cover-story-kemper-freeman-jrProduced by Dave Amos in sunny San Luis Obispo, California. Edited by Ryan Alva in Los Angeles, California. Audio by Eric Schneider in cloudy Cleveland, Ohio. Select images and video from Getty Images. Black Lives Matter.
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