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Technology giant introduces HQ plan

Amazon plans to split its "HQ2" between Arlington, Virginia, and the Long Island City neighborhood in the New York.[Photo: Courtesy]

It's exciting for some, worrisome for others: The arrival of a massive headquarters of technology giant Amazon in two East Coast communities is certain to bring huge changes.

Amazon announced Tuesday after a yearlong search that it would split its "HQ2" between Arlington, Virginia, outside the US capital, and the Long Island City neighborhood in the New York borough of Queens.

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