> 2) This wasn't some "backroom deal". The NDAs were a stipulation in Amazon's competition meant to prevent bidding wars. If cities could react to other cities, it would have created an escalating race to the bottom. Ironically, Amazon probably did this to avoid bad press. Go figure.

The entire thing was a race to the bottom.

> So yes - this was still a really good deal.

It wasn't. No giveaways to Amazon.