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‘Emotional Decision’: Jeff Bezos Leaves Seattle For Florida
Daily Caller ^ | COREY WALKER REPORTER November 03, 2023 7:47 AM ET

Posted on 11/03/2023 7:46:22 AM PDT by Red Badger

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announced on Thursday that he is departing Seattle for Miami.

“Seattle has been my home since 1994 when I started Amazon out of my garage. That’s my dad behind the camera in this video, touring Amazon’s first “office.” My parents have always been my biggest supporters. They recently moved back to Miami, the place we lived when I was younger (Miami Palmetto High class of ’82 — GO Panthers!)” Bezos wrote on Instagram.

He shared that his parents decided to move to Miami, and that he wanted to remain physically close to them. He also added that his girlfriend Lauren Sanchez loves the city and that some of his business operations are moving into southern Florida.

“I want to be close to my parents, and Lauren and I love Miami. Also, Blue Origin’s operations are increasingly shifting to Cape Canaveral. For all that, I’m planning to return to Miami, leaving the Pacific Northwest,” he added.

Blue Origin is an aerospace manufacturer and space technologies company that makes rocket engines for spacecraft and satellites. The company says that it wants to create reusable rockets to meet the needs of both defense and commercial customers.

“I’ve lived in Seattle longer than I’ve lived anywhere else and have so many amazing memories here. As exciting as the move is, it’s an emotional decision for me. Seattle, you will always have a piece of my heart,” he concluded.

Bezos joins the growing number of wealthy individuals to leave liberal enclaves in favor of red states. Hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin announced that he would depart Chicago for Miami, citing violent crime rates.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: amazon; bezos; florida; miami; seattle
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To: adorno

The Smithereens - Sick of Seattle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQY2Tr6P9f0


21 posted on 11/03/2023 7:59:17 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Red Badger

Thank you Lord…..Texas


22 posted on 11/03/2023 7:59:20 AM PDT by MrKatykelly (Obama was the proof of concept puppet.)
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To: oil_dude
Bezos joins the growing number of wealthy individuals to leave liberal enclaves in favor of red states. Hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin announced that he would depart Chicago for Miami, citing violent crime rates.

Why pay state income tax when you can leave a democrat hellhole AND not pay income tax AND not step in poop on your sidewalks? And not live in a high crime war zone? Bezos has made the right decision for himself and his employees.

23 posted on 11/03/2023 7:59:38 AM PDT by GOPJ (The reason Biden won't protect our border is he wants cash kickbacks for doing it. )
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To: Red Badger

“Seattle, you will always have a piece of my heart,” he concluded.”

Lucky he got out of that septic tank before some filth got an actual piece of his heart.


24 posted on 11/03/2023 7:59:53 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: uranium penguin

A winner indeed taxes is the main issue.


25 posted on 11/03/2023 8:01:07 AM PDT by Vaduz (....)
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To: SE Mom

More new Florida neighbors from liberal land.


26 posted on 11/03/2023 8:02:27 AM PDT by NautiNurse (🇺🇸)
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To: z3n
I remember the Seattle of my childhood. My great-grandfather was a Danish immigrant brick mason who worked on many of the buildings in Tacoma and Seattle. My grandfather owned hundreds of acres at the foot of Mount Rainier and built two mountain cabins that I have such fond memories of. We had to sell that land because the environmental policies made it so it couldn’t be logged and managed, and junkies and crackheads kept breaking into the cabins and stealing everything they could find. I would love to see Seattle green and flourishing again like the Emerald City it once was. At some point, this will all tip and conservatives will flood back into these areas they have destroyed, repair them and make them beautiful and livable again.

Sigh. A ponygirl can dream…

27 posted on 11/03/2023 8:02:40 AM PDT by ponygirl (Stay gold.)
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To: Red Badger

Yeah, FL taxes had NOTHING to do with it!


28 posted on 11/03/2023 8:03:22 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Red Badger

Wants to be near parents and old ‘haunts’ from his younger days. No, not true that he wants the no-income tax thing....nope, not at all.


29 posted on 11/03/2023 8:04:02 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Leaning Right

To the tune of https://www.google.com/search?q=ride+of+the+valkaries&oq=ride+of+the+valkaries&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBCTcxNjRqMGoxNagCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:7c32a3d9,vid:xeRwBiu4wfQ,st:0


30 posted on 11/03/2023 8:04:44 AM PDT by jimbug
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To: TexasM1A

I thought South Florida was already destroyed.


31 posted on 11/03/2023 8:06:45 AM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: oil_dude

Washington State doesn’t have personal or corporate income tax.


32 posted on 11/03/2023 8:07:53 AM PDT by Poison Pill
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To: Red Badger

Dedantis should ban him from moving- after all California banned their gov officials from going to florida i beleive- ban bozos and state that Florida is just h9noring the desire of the state of California


33 posted on 11/03/2023 8:08:37 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: Red Badger

What is bill gates going to do without his next door neighbor and best bud ?


34 posted on 11/03/2023 8:09:43 AM PDT by libh8er
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To: ponygirl
> Sigh. A ponygirl can dream… <

Here’s a great song to listen to while you’re dreamin’.

https://e-cdns-images.dzcdn.net/images/cover/a6ac4fa446ad1065fbd563bc1d01472a/500x500.jpg


35 posted on 11/03/2023 8:11:38 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: DeplorablePaul

Interesting she “only” got 25% of his Amazon stock, and no voting rights.

Personally, I would have demanded ownership of the Washington Post. I would love to turn that thing into the MAGA Daily.


36 posted on 11/03/2023 8:12:04 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: Leaning Right

Perry Como - Still Alive (SCTV)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj5A7W-0zPY


37 posted on 11/03/2023 8:12:49 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ponygirl

Sorry. The link in my last post wasn’t clickable.

https://e-cdns-images.dzcdn.net/images/cover/a6ac4fa446ad1065fbd563bc1d01472a/500x500.jpg


38 posted on 11/03/2023 8:12:51 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Leaning Right

I messed that up again. Here’s the real Perry Como song link (I promise).

https://youtu.be/unhx40WNsRE?si=g8v5rZjltgLh9NQa


39 posted on 11/03/2023 8:18:51 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Red Badger

What emotion?.... why it’s Greed of course. A complete lying a-hole and perv to boot. Like it or not with or without his dough- FL is a very different place. A Southern place at its roots. This clown’s history follows him, and his photo record. Why not move to New Zealand like all the rest?


40 posted on 11/03/2023 8:19:55 AM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis )
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