Amazon has announced that Crystal City, a neighborhood of Arlington, Va., is a finalist for its search for an HQ2 location. In other words, it knows which side of its bread is buttered: government regulations.
The choice of Crystal City is interesting for several reasons — primarily in this case because the choice was reportedly made despite Amazon being offered less in subsidies from Crystal City than other locations it turned down.
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