"Amazon, on Wednesday, said it plans to halt development of a tower in downtown Seattle and is considering subleasing space in another under-development tower nearby. Those jobs, ostensibly, would be located in cities that aren't charging Amazon a per-employee tax."
https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2018/05/02/attention-hq2-cities-amazon-hates-taxes-so-much.html