Yep, that’s my take on all this.
All this talk of HQII is a ruse by Amazon to slowly migrate everything away from Seattle. The only way to do this without causing mass panic among their Seattle workers is to say this is a second HQ. Geographically Seattle is difficult. In some regards they are limited with space, they are 2 and 3 hours behind the rest of the country, and the destructive liberal politics, although loved by Bezos and company, is absolutely counterproductive to the bottom line.
Nope, Amazon is moving out of Seattle. This is just a polite way of ultimately getting out of town — permanently.
You are thinking my thoughts about Amazon. The commute for those poor employees is the worst in the country. You will have three hours a day commutes if you are lucky. All that stop and go is a recipe for rear enders. My daughter got one and it totaled her 2013 VW. She was lucky to get $10,000 from it. That is the hidden costs because of the increased traffic from Amazon workers. The Leftist politician’s answer to the traffic? Build light rail. How to pay for it? Raise the car tabs. And there is more they will tax. Trust them.