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Amazon HQ2:
238 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-development
Kansas 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-gamble
Record-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.html
Also:
https://www.mackinac.org/new-evidence-confirms-corporate-handout-shortcomings
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.php
https://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-musk
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/amazon-hq2-design-helix/index.html
Nebula source:
https://www.seattlebusinessmag.com/article/cover-story-kemper-freeman-jr
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Edited by Ryan Alva in Los Angeles, California.
Audio by Eric Schneider in cloudy Cleveland, Ohio.
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