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Amazon HQ2: How New York and Virginia Won the Beauty Contest
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/14/technology/amazon-hq2-newyork-virginia-recap.html
Eager candidates offered name changes, helipads and even cactuses to entice the company into setting up shop.