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rb808 on Sept 7, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Amazon to Build Second HQ in North America

From memory the reason Amazon was based in Seattle was that it was close to book publisher warehouses, that is no longer a good reason to remain there.

fpo on Sept 7, 2017 [–]

Also the initial business plan of Amazon was in large part trying to benefit from not having to pay sales tax on out of state shipments.

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