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TheFlabbs t1_jdv98mg wrote

They tore down Showcase Cinemas in Revere that was there for decades… for an empty Amazon warehouse. I had my first date in that movie theater. It’s both extremely depressing and infuriating

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hairshirtofpurpose t1_jdvgkf2 wrote

Blame the state for allowing it. And everyone that shops via Amazon.

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BasicDesignAdvice t1_jdvq6yk wrote

If you don't want to give Amazon money you cannot use a lot of websites. They don't just sell stuff, Amazon Web Services is their most profitable division. You are using it by using reddit.

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HeyaShinyObject t1_jdvtzm1 wrote

I don't mind indirectly supporting aws as much as I do the retail side. AWS competes with Google and Rackspace whereas retail competes with local shops. I get that AWS gives them cash flow to buffer the retail side, but that's where I sit. I still buy from Amazon, but I try to make it my second choice where I can.

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cryptopian_dream t1_jdw9m3u wrote

And a lot of places are offering lower prices than Amazon. Gamestop comes to mind.

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mhhkb t1_jdxehof wrote

My local GameStop is more expensive than Amazon, sells opened games as new and is basically a ghost town at this point. If you’re shilling their shitty stock because you’re in a memestonk cult, gtfo here baggie.

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Kettu_ t1_jdwdqio wrote

None of that matters in this case - you're using resources by browsing reddit which reddit pays Amazon for. Reddit hypothetically is losing money here, not amazon, they get paid for providing the resources no matter what.

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Jimbomcdeans t1_jdvhmbi wrote

https://reverejournal.com/2020/10/07/showcase-cinemas-site-sale-pending-amazon-mentioned-as-possible-tenant/

According to this article from 2020 Northbridge Partners is leasing it to Amazon. As far as I know it is still empty, but Revere hasn't really offered any tax incentives to have them there.

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Laurenann7094 t1_jdvmpz9 wrote

Why would Revere offer Amazon tax incentives? And why is the council so excited to have Amazon "instead of residential housing"?

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TheFlabbs t1_jdvnb9k wrote

Revere City Council is the saddest pair of people in charge of a city. One of them was a legitimate functioning drug addict who just recently died of an overdose - George Rotondo. Then you have the old racists like John Powers, the opportunist Jessica Giannino who turned her street in to a one-way so people wouldn’t drive on it, Anthony “immigrants breed like cockroaches” Zambuto… quote published in the Revere Journal for everyone to see. Fuck them all. The only reason they have a job is because the old townies vote for them like their life and identity depend on it

When Joe Gravellese challenged Jessica Giannino to a debate, he made an absolute fool of her. The city voted for her anyway. That’s Revere’s City Council.

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princess-smartypants t1_jdvzhj1 wrote

I can't speak for Revere, but I live in another town with a soon to be million square foot distribution center. The Town did not offer Amazon anything. Amazon presented a proposal, the Select Board reviewed it, and the entire town had the opportunity to vote on it. Amazon "negotiated" a ten year phase in of full property taxes, in exchange for the location agreement. Amazon also paid the Town something like $500,000 for local impacts, agreed to fund some street/traffic improvements at their two driveways, gave a substantial donation to a neighboring non-profit nature center, and also promised money for a bandstand. If we did not agree, they would take their proposal to a neighboring town.

Towns prefer business over residential housing. Housing brings families with kids, whose property tax contribution is a net negative with respect to the cost to educate kids. *Spelling

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nieuweyork t1_jdw6ndp wrote

> Amazon "negotiated" a ten year phase in of full property taxes

That's a subsidy net of whatever the upfront payment is (that's actually paid).

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princess-smartypants t1_jdwl5rr wrote

Sure, but my point was the town didn't offer it. It is what they settled on.

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thedeuceisloose t1_jdzufd4 wrote

knowing how amazon does things, have fun when they prematurely shutter it to avoid the graduated tax increases!

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princess-smartypants t1_je1hows wrote

Yeah, I asked at the public hearing what provisions there were for abandoned giant buildings when they inevitably vacate, but no one had a good answer. New England is full of abandoned mills, and towns can pay big bucks to maintain/demolish/clean them up.

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MishtheDish77 t1_jdvifbg wrote

Omg remember the old green seats?! The best! That's the one place I'm truly sad about being torn down.

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NooStringsAttached t1_jdvf9hv wrote

I know! I hate that it’s closed. We go to the Woburn showcase now. Not too far but revere was closer. That’s the warehouse and now the Amazon fresh a bit further up route one same thing, empty.

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Octo t1_jdvpiav wrote

Same here in Everett. Lord knows how much money DeMaria lined his pockets with. Crooked fuck.

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TheFlabbs t1_jdvpybx wrote

I can’t think of a more brazenly corrupt group of people than those on the city councils of cities in the north shore. I’ve heard some really horrible stuff about Everett’s City Council as well. Nobody gives a shit either, because the north shore isn’t as appealing of a topic to discuss as something happening within inner Boston

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alkalineknight t1_jdvlc3t wrote

The state should make them return the property to its original state. I.e. movie theater or make it open space/parkland

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Parallax34 t1_jdvyw94 wrote

I think amazon likely just moved into this spot for it's immediate proximity in either direction to rt1.

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