It Started With a Jolt: How New York Became a Tech Town
I realize the anti-Amazon movement was a limited (but loud) group of individuals, but if their level of influence has lasting power, NYC tech is in trouble.<p>Consider NYTimes&#x27; own article on the amazon exit. Half the people angry at Amazon were commenting that Amazon wasn&#x27;t going to pay living wages (thinking that corporate HQ2 jobs are fulfillment jobs.) The other half were angry that Amazon was going to pay <i>too much</i> and would drive up rents. <i>Which one is it?</i> I don&#x27;t know, but both sides banded together.<p>One major issue AOC had with Amazon was the fear that Amazon couldn&#x27;t guarantee they would only be hiring local NYers  -- since when did NYC become a country? Where could&#x2F;couldnt workers come from -- would it be only from Queens? Would Brooklyn be OK? What if someone commuted from NJ? What if someone commuted down from the suburb? At what point does someone who moves to NYC become a NYer? This type of in-city protectionism was shocking and completely ignores how local economies work.