It worked out for Amazon. The biggest goals of HQ2 were to get around barriers to further growth and development in Seattle and to hedge against the risk of further populist backlash in Seattle. The fact that a populist backlash in New York happened so suddenly demonstrated that NY suffers the same afflictions as Seattle.
Pretty on point. Amazon is pretty decided to step aside those toxic politics, that is why I am surprised they choose NYC in the first place, because the climate there isn't that different from Seattle. Well, it turns out to be rather quick running into its conclusions. Fun ride.
