a grocer all in all worth one trillion dollars no wonder everyone wants a part of it politicians from all over the country offered amazon outlandish deals to alert a company to their states and cities one even wanted to change his name. change my name. part of andrew anyway damn i was wrong. so amazon located in seattle washington started its search for new digs two years ago two hundred thirty eight cities sent in their bids the list was whittled down to twenty finalists including some major business hubs like new york atlanta chicago and los angeles at last two cities remained new york and the crystal city area of arlington virginia. it was likely not the governor's offer to take on the firm's moniker that got him the deal tax breaks played a role as did new york's general ability to attract talent amazon plans to hire