Also not every Seattlite would argue Amazon has been a net benefit to the city.
I would argue though that the city (and region, for that matter) was and has been unprepared for the kind of growth it’s seen, both at the government level and the business level, and is just now trying to catch up
This. And I think Amazon realizes it, which is likely not an insignificant part of why they decided to create an HQ2. I hope that the new HQ2 city immediately plans massive zoning capacity increases to accommodate the population influx.
I should also note- Amazon is not going to stop growing in Seattle. In the past month they've leased an additional 1.03 million square feet of space. They're currently building 1.1 million square feet, and will start construction on another 850k shortly. That's space for an additional 11-13k workers, on top of years of similar growth and you begin to see why there's a strained relationship between the city, residents, and Amazon.
