Whatever the Commonwealth's and County's propaganda about the 'benefits' of Amazon, I am skeptical that few benefits will accrue to Arlington residents. The County is already congested, unemployment is very low, housing is less affordable every year, there's more multi-modal traffic every year, public infrastructure already lags population growth, development and 'planning' are accomplished according to the principles of 'fire-aim-ready'.
The beneficiaries of Amazon's move here will be Amazon and a few other large corporations, like JBG. Arlington residents' taxes will increase ever year for the next several years to pay for all Amazon and Amazon employees will demand. The County is already hard pressed to find room to build infrastructure to accommodate the needs and wants of an increasing upscale resident population.
But the biggest cost to be imposed by Amazon will be the loss of Arlington's suburban quality of life, which tens of thousands of residents moved to Arlington to enjoy and are paying extravagantly to maintain. Again, too much suburban infrastructure will be repurposed for Amazon and County Government's 'growth for the sake of growth' agenda for the County to be anything but an expensive urbanized mess within a decade.
Ted 22205
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The photo says it all....workforce gentrified out to the outer burbs and commute to / from Arlington 1 per vehicle.
Too many VIP beneficiaries of 'growth for the sake of growth' who don't and won't live in the County and don't and won't suffer the costs and consequences.
Solution for both Arlington residents and non-residents who work in the County is much more teleworking and essential organizational meetings held between 11 AM and 3 PM.
Assessment on my home is up again this year. Time for Amazon to cough up a couple hundred million to contribute to the County to build upscale public infrastructure for its upscale employees.
Amazon will drive what remains of the middle class who don't receive housing subsidies from local government out of Arlington. Amazon nickels and dimes everyone...employees, contractors, local government. What to do about affordable housing? The so-called Progressives want to bulldoze single family homes into multi-family cribs, except in their own upscale neighborhoods, of course. Result of 40 years of Limo Liberalism that's morphed into Range Rover Progressiveism. Time to dump the Dems and elect Independents to the School Board and County Board.
Jeff Bezos, Washington Post, National Enquirer...LOL
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