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Noooooooooooo, this is going to completely destroy an already broken transit system.

Growth is coming to the region, regardless of what Amazon does. HQ2 is just an accelerant. Embrace growth or resign your community to irrelevance.

I highly doubt the bedroom of the capital of the country is ever going to be irrelevant.

Let's go ask Seattlites what they think about Amazon.

> Embrace growth or resign your community to irrelevance.

Growth has killed plenty of communities, or made them not worth living in anymore. Just ask San Francisco.

Maybe increased tax sources can help address some of the transportation issue?

WMATA is swimming in money. The problem is the WMATA union. But maybe Amazon can help with that too.