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People are furious about Amazon’s reported HQ2 picks

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Amazon is reportedly
planning to split its second headquarters between the Long Island
City neighborhood of Queens, New York, and the Crystal City area
of Arlington, Virginia.
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Greaves/Reuters

Amazon is reportedly
finalizing its HQ2 plans. And, people aren’t happy. 

After months of deliberations and dramatics — without many
official communications from Amazon — the company is finalizing
plans to split its second headquarters between two locations:
Long Island City, in Queens, New York, and Crystal City, in
Arlington, Virginia,
The New York Times reported on Monday evening. 

So far, reactions haven’t been positive on social media.

Amazon’s reported decision to split its headquarters after months
of deliberation — essentially opening two offices that would
reportedly house 25,000 people each instead of a second
headquarters that could rival its more than 45,000 employees in
Seattle — rubbed many people the wrong way. 

Insiders have been
buzzing about Crystal City being a top pick for HQ2 for some
time. However, New York City has been less explored as an option
than the Virginia spot. 

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been pushing for Amazon to move
its second headquarters to the state, telling reporters on Monday

he would change his name to “Amazon Cuomo” to secure the
deal. 


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New York’s governor jokes he’ll change his name to ‘Amazon Cuomo’
to win the HQ2 bid hours before a report that New York City will
be home to one of the company’s new headquarters

However, others are less pleased. 

“If HQ2 came to New York, with its influx of tech workers, the
campus could exacerbate several problems that already plague the
city, including high housing prices, overpopulation, and gridlock
— all things Seattle, Amazon’s home, has seen since the company
arrived in the late 1990s,”
Business Insider’s Leanna Garfield reported in January 2018.


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Amazon is reportedly nearing a deal to make New York City one of
the homes of its second headquarters — here’s why it would be
disastrous

In January, Amazon narrowed its selection to 20 finalist cities,
including Atlanta, Georgia; Raleigh, North Carolina; and
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The pick of two locations in the
general New York City and Washington, DC, areas out of these
options disappointed some people. 

Amazon did not immediately respond to Business Insider’s request
for comment on whether it has made a final selection, and it
declined to comment on The Times’ reporting. 

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