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differentView | karma 754 | avg karma 2.37 · 2018-11-13 16:42:23+00:00

What do you mean by "hurting local businesses"? Wouldn't more highly paid workers in the area be good for local businesses?

dannyr | karma 7935 | avg karma 5.8 · 2018-11-13 17:12:18+00:00

Tell that to San Francisco where it gave Twitter tax break to be located in mid-Market.

It didn't revitalize that neighborhood like the city was hoping for.

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TuringNYC | karma 8951 | avg karma 3.84 · 2018-11-13 17:25:50+00:00

I was similarly confused by this...its not like its a Walmart superstore undurcutting the local mom-n-pop shop.

That said, perhaps the fear is "over-cutting" -- that HQ2 slurps up top talent from local tech businesses and overbids salaries. I can totally see that happening, especially with the only-handful of truly high-tech businesses in the Northern Virginia community. This is a bad thing short term and a good thing long term.

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slededit | karma 4343 | avg karma 2.43 · 2018-11-13 18:09:49+00:00

They are quite literally the WalMart of the web. Although that sort of damage has already been done.

throwaway2048 | karma 9048 | avg karma 2.51 · 2018-11-13 18:07:36+00:00

Small and medium businesses don't have the political clout to demand sweetheart deals like this, so they are at a disadvantage for both talent, and industry competition if applicable.

If you give so much away, the tax benefits cease existing.

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