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What Turkey is doing is terrible but mild in comparison to the drone war.
Over the years they’ve bought real estate based on the number of college graduates who live nearby. Having started in Austin decades ago they most certainly own a lot of land there in prime locations.
So, now that Amazon owns Whole Foods, it might already own a lot of the land it needs to build its new campus. If it builds elsewhere it might be much more costly.
Texas has no state income tax which wouldn’t be a public reason for the choice but is obviously going to be a factor.
Austin is also a good culture fit with Seattle and is a startup hub.
That's like saying nobody should ever be without water because of rain. There's more wealth than what's needed to provide necessities but it isn't located everywhere its needed and getting it there is often virtually impossible.
So? That’s a problem for their government to solve, not mine.
https://i.imgur.com/bjRILt4.png
Now, a mere mention of this will get you banned from /r/bitcoin. It's amazing how quickly the anti-authoritarian spirit of Bitcoin turned on its head.