# Professor Scott Galloway explains why he believes Amazon's search for a location for its second headquarters was a con

1 Faculty News November 9, 2018 ![Recode logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_047704.jpg?itok=jWIpQ2i2)>

Excerpt from [Recode](https://www.recode.net/2018/11/9/18077342/amazon-hq2-headquarters-jeff-bezos-dc-ny-virginia-long-island-kara-swisher-scott-galloway) -- "Amazon is now talking about having three headquarters, Seattle, Crystal City and Long Island City. The Bezos’ also own three homes, and the average distance from those three homes to a headquarters is 6.4 miles, so this was never a contest. It was a con meant to induce ridiculous terms that they then took to the cites all along that they knew they were going to be in."

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