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Offline the80s

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Re: Amazon HQ2 in LIC? Yay or Nay?
« Reply #165 on: February 14, 2019, 11:48:09 AM »
Big news— Amazon has cancelled its plans for a campus in NYC. So looks like no Amazon in LIC after all.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/nyregion/amazon-hq2-queens.html
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Re: Amazon HQ2 in LIC? Yay or Nay?
« Reply #166 on: February 14, 2019, 11:56:04 AM »
next stop Newark?
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Re: Amazon HQ2 in LIC? Yay or Nay?
« Reply #167 on: February 14, 2019, 11:59:02 AM »
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Re: Amazon HQ2 in LIC? Yay or Nay?
« Reply #168 on: February 14, 2019, 12:02:07 PM »
From https://blog.aboutamazon.com/company-news/update-on-plans-for-new-york-city-headquarters :  "While polls show that 70% of New Yorkers support our plans and investment, a number of state and local politicians have made it clear that they oppose our presence and will not work with us to build the type of relationships that are required to go forward with the project we and many others envisioned in Long Island City."
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Re: Amazon HQ2 in LIC? Yay or Nay?
« Reply #169 on: February 14, 2019, 12:02:17 PM »
 Just heard that the Amazon deal is off? What was the strongest factor in the end, could it have been the communities opposition?
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Re: Amazon HQ2 in LIC? Yay or Nay?
« Reply #170 on: February 14, 2019, 12:03:26 PM »
Quote from: dssjh on February 14, 2019, 11:56:04 AM
next stop Newark?

From Amazon's statement: "We do not intend to re-open the HQ2 search at this time."
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Re: Amazon HQ2 in LIC? Yay or Nay?
« Reply #171 on: February 14, 2019, 12:10:42 PM »
Happy valentines day, property speculators in LIC!

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Re: Amazon HQ2 in LIC? Yay or Nay?
« Reply #172 on: February 14, 2019, 12:14:38 PM »
It's a loss for Queens and the tech (etc) jobs and flow on business that could have been filled by Queens residents.

Other cities and places are excited for this opportunity instead...

BTW We are not $3 Billion richer.  The $3 billion dollars would have come out of future Amazon related taxes.

« Last Edit: February 14, 2019, 12:23:52 PM by abcdefghijk »
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Re: Amazon HQ2 in LIC? Yay or Nay?
« Reply #173 on: February 14, 2019, 12:21:49 PM »
I would of done the same thing if I was Amazon. Who needs the bad press from idiot politicians who have never created a job? What is 0% of 0 it’s 0. Now NYC and NYS get nothing. I again repeat, if I was Amazon I would open in Austin or Tampa/Orlando. The cost of living and taxes are dramatically less. Talent will move where the jobs are. Better quality of life and a better financial decision over 20 or 30 years. The Democrats in NY look like anti business socialists. This is the biggest black eye to NYS and NYC and Queens in the history of this country.

https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-metro-amazon-cancels-new-york-20190214-story.html
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Re: Amazon HQ2 in LIC? Yay or Nay?
« Reply #174 on: February 14, 2019, 12:26:45 PM »
the sky is falling.

the cry of those who didn't want the HQ here, and now the cry of those who did.

no one is doomed....except maybe the handful of super wealthy folks who stocked up on condos in hopes of flipping them.
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Re: Amazon HQ2 in LIC? Yay or Nay?
« Reply #175 on: February 14, 2019, 12:38:07 PM »
Quote from: dssjh on February 14, 2019, 11:56:04 AM
next stop Newark?

May be Walmart will step in?
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Re: Amazon HQ2 in LIC? Yay or Nay?
« Reply #176 on: February 14, 2019, 12:40:21 PM »
I am definitely not rich.

But nor am I interested in being jealous of the rich.

Living in a state of jealousy certainly can't be a healthy way to live a life...
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Re: Amazon HQ2 in LIC? Yay or Nay?
« Reply #177 on: February 14, 2019, 12:54:42 PM »
assuming one knows everything about everything isn't healthy, actually. particularly when one has minimal life experience.

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Re: Amazon HQ2 in LIC? Yay or Nay?
« Reply #178 on: February 14, 2019, 12:57:47 PM »
Quote from: dssjh on February 14, 2019, 12:54:42 PM
assuming one knows everything about everything isn't healthy, actually. particularly when one has minimal life experience.



May your words ring in your own ears about yourself.
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Re: Amazon HQ2 in LIC? Yay or Nay?
« Reply #179 on: February 14, 2019, 01:19:06 PM »
Quote from: dssjh on February 14, 2019, 12:54:42 PM
assuming one knows everything about everything isn't healthy, actually. particularly when one has minimal life experience.

Bye Felicia
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