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<blockquote data-quote="Robert High Hawk" data-source="post: 1235160" data-attributes="member: 12429">This may be unpopular, but in my opinion NYC and Queens in particular were not going to benefit from Amazon campus moving there. How does one know this?&nbsp; Well let's look at Seattle.&nbsp; Ask the average non-Amazon affiliated Seattle resident how their life has changed since Amazon blew up there.&nbsp; Across the board they will say it's gotten worse.&nbsp; Homelessness has completely exploded, and soon will be about the same as San Fran.&nbsp;&nbsp; In fact San Fran is another perfect example of what tech money does to a city. The same thing would have happened in Queens.&nbsp; People speaking as if all this wonderful tax revenue, enabled by crony capitalism, would have benefited NYC so much, are sorely mistaken.&nbsp; If they want to give a tax break or incentives across the board to all businesses in NYC, then you'd see some real prosperity.&nbsp; The only people who would have benefited from this are property developers, landlords, and super expensive and pretentious restaurants.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Robert High Hawk, post: 1235160, member: 12429"] This may be unpopular, but in my opinion NYC and Queens in particular were not going to benefit from Amazon campus moving there. How does one know this? Well let's look at Seattle. Ask the average non-Amazon affiliated Seattle resident how their life has changed since Amazon blew up there. Across the board they will say it's gotten worse. Homelessness has completely exploded, and soon will be about the same as San Fran. In fact San Fran is another perfect example of what tech money does to a city. The same thing would have happened in Queens. People speaking as if all this wonderful tax revenue, enabled by crony capitalism, would have benefited NYC so much, are sorely mistaken. If they want to give a tax break or incentives across the board to all businesses in NYC, then you'd see some real prosperity. The only people who would have benefited from this are property developers, landlords, and super expensive and pretentious restaurants. [/QUOTE]

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