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Why would Amazon want to build HQ2 in Brooklyn?

The view from above Brooklyn's New Lab. (Photo via Vimeo)

The deadline for municipal proposals for Amazon’s “HQ2” is tomorrow, and the decision on the location of the $5-billion and 50,000-job-producing office will commence.

Cities around the country are wooing Amazon with just absolute bundles of tax subsidiespublic transportation offers and even an offer from the town of Stonecrest, Ga., to rename itself “Amazon.”

So why would a company the size of Amazon want to make already-packed-to-the-gills Brooklyn the home for its HQ2?

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