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Company town? In Seattle, some fret over Amazon's growth

SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle, notorious for boom-and-bust cycles stretching back to the 19th century Alaska gold rush, is booming once again. Thickets of yellow cranes have crowded the skyline, where new glass-sided office buildings, hotels and apartment towers are blotting out views of the mountains and the Space Needle. The boom has also brought a lot of handwringing, as residents fret over whether Seattle has become a traffic-snarled city for the rich, overly dependent on the company behind it all: Amazon.Read more on NewsOK.com

 

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