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Originally Posted by marothisu
Yes, the argument of where someone bought a mansion is one of the stupidest fucking arguments I've heard in my life for this situation. This isn't a 200 person csuite office ...it's an office of 50k workers that will bring in tons of money.
It's a hell of a lot more complicated than figuring out where in 2018 you can take your 3 executive calls from per day (answer: anywhere).
A lot of people have obviously never worked at large corporations, especially public ones, who think this is a factor. Bezos and his team are looking at the place that will help them grow whatever part of the business the best, at least with tradeoffs. Where he wants to spend his time is completely pointless when you are talking about an office of this scale. This is like saying Ken Griffin is going to move Citadel to the Miami area because he owns a few huge mansions there and he really likes spending time in Miami. These guys are some of the richest guys in the world, and they understand there's a difference between where you really like spending time and another place that is going to make you way richer.
If this was a csuite office, then this might be valid...but it's not. The stakes and situation are much different.
Aldcso, this "rubbing elbows" with politicians thing IMO is a weak argument. Most influential businessmen in this way do not live in or near DC. But yet they manage just fine. They are all rich. If they need to at the drop of a dime be in DC, they can do it. This is also not accounting that a lot of politicians also travel a lot and aren't constantly IN DC. Not to say that DC isn't a strong contender, but this is a weak argument. You would see a lot more CEOs who are influential in government who already live in DC, but you don't because you don't need to be right there to be influential. If someone like Jeff Bezos needed to charter a jet to DC right at this instant, he could without giving one shit.
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A trillionare does not have to live anywhere he does not want to. He can fly anywhere anytime at the drop of a hat anywhere in the entire world.
If he wants to be inside of the beltway than I would suspect he has eyes on the POTUS someday and its less likely in real life he would want that but than again I do not know him personally.
This is the best explanation of why a mansion in any said area is a non factor for the richest person in the entire world. He could have 20 different 20 million dollar mansions anywhere in the world if he wants, asap.
Marothisu has been posting some real great shit lately, and not on this one topic.
Great job, I appreciate your yeoman efforts for I am sure you have other things to accomplish on a day to day basis esp. during M-Friday working hours.
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Thank you for your sage dialog and incite.