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"Don't fuck with it" seems to prevent the vast majority of reported issues." BehindBlueI's
Crystal City has been underutilized since NAVAIR moved to Pax River 15 or 20 years ago, and a lot of other Navy agencies also left around this time. I still go to meetings on the south side of Crystal City about once a month, and compared to what I remember from the 1990s, it seems a bit deserted, but that just might be an erroneous perception. I have no idea if 25k jobs will fill the void or overwhelm the area. Pentagon City (next to Crystal City) has been undergoing some major renovations, including a big new building that I've been watching being constructed for a couple of years. South of Crystal City, they have been developing Potomac Landing, including building a lot of townhomes and apartments, a nice bike path, and soon a new metro station. People who bought a condo there 5 years ago just saw their property value increase 15 percent. Arlington along Glebe Road and Alexandria in Del Ray and Old Town will also benefit. I live in Fairfax County, so I may see a little bump in my home value (and if they would just locate the new FBI headquarters near the Franconia-Springfield metro station, it would go up another 10 percent and I could cash in and move out).
What will be interesting will be the situation with metro, which I assume was an attractive feature of choosing Crystal City. This past weekend Metro closed the Crystal City and DCA stops Friday through Monday. The Friday evening shutdown cause an epic travel nightmare in the area, including the airport. That only lasted four days and only affected two stops, but next summer, about the time Amazon moves in, both the Blue and Yellow lines south of DCA will be *completely* shut down for the summer to rebuild all the platforms. Welcome to Crystal City, Amazon.
As far as the politics go, Arlington is already deep blue. The workers will disperse throughout the region, but northern Virginia is pretty blue. I had lived in one of the red enclaves, but it is blue now, and the urban sprawl is spreading blueness to neighboring counties, whether or not Amazon is here.
Remember when people used to shit on Walmart for paying dirt wages and running small Mom N Pop shops outta business? Pepperidge Farm remembers.
As a non socialist democrat NYer, I'm outraged at the thought of what traffic issues this is going to cause.
But, WTF do I know.
Of COURSE there are HYUGE tax breaks involved - why else would ANYONE move their company to NY - whose motto is changing to "The Vampire State - We'll Suck You Dry"
"Sapiens dicit: 'Ignoscere divinum est, sed noli pretium plenum pro pizza sero allata solvere.'" - Michelangelo
We are getting a new, “Amazon Nashville Center of Excellence,” I can see from my living room. Which is great, because it probably just doubled the value of our condo property!
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I have no love for Jeff Bezos, his wishy washy political beliefs or how his company treats his employees.
I strongly suspect that when the chips are down, even a left leaning guy like him would go to child labor if he could get away with it stateside.
For these reasons and more, I hope Occasional-Cortex forces the Union issue and feels the full weight of his donations to her opponent next election cycle. Whether we stick it to Amazon or get her dumb ass out of office...it's a win win!
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I heard they'd pretty much decided the number and placement before even making any public statements. Interesting where they actually landed...have fun NY.
My prayers were answered that Amazon did not pick Atlanta!