Amazon pulls out of NYC

[Adam Griffin]

Presumably the jobs that would have came to NYC mimic most Amazon jobs available up and down their employment ladder: pay well below the industry average, s[inks]tty working conditions and a veritable stranglehold on the local community due to the political and economic power it wields. For most communities - especially considering the amount of free taxpayer money that is diverted as a result - this wouldn't be a good deal in the long-term (let alone for a world-class city like NYC that has no trouble attracting both business and talent).

Sooner or later, people are going to have to realize that when it comes to economic planning, attracting employers who offer bad working conditions, low pay and partial employment (as just a few examples) is often a worse deal than getting nothing at all, with the goal inevitably being a discussion about the reality of labor in the 21st century (namely, that there aren't nor ever will be again enough sustainable jobs that pay a living wage; the entire notion of "work" as we know it must die to pave the way for a new future).