Your sunk cost in Seattle is noted. It’s not too late to leave – run, while you still can. Your second HQ, if not in an equally insane city (cough, cough – don’t choose one in a hard blue areas) will be happy to have the work. Slap Seattle down now, before they go full Detroit – they can still be saved, buy only by the tough love of seeing your back as you walk away. Else, they’ll destroy Boeing as well.

Amazon, If you want to stay in the Puget Sound area, I hear there’s office space in Bellevue, just across Lake Washington and with an infinitely more sane city leadership. Tacoma would be happy with you and not view you as a milk cow for their social agenda. Note – avoid Everett, they’re following the same fools path as Seattle. Or come north to Lynnwood – it’s not in King County, home of the Seattle whack jobs. The old Sears at Alderwood Mall is vacant and could be turned into office space right quick. Plus the Toys-aren’t-Us across the street from that is closing – a quick demolition and combination with the adjoining former medical office building site would make for a fine office tower spot. Then there’s the large lot between the Costco and the mall – more office space could be dropped in there. I’m sure Lynnwood would be happy to expedite the permits for all that work. Heck….you’re going to put everyone there at Alderwood Mall out of business anyways….may as well just take it all over as they go one by one. 😉