Facebook and Amazon are so big they’re creating their own company towns — here’s the 200-year history

Business Insider
By Leanna GarfieldSep 24, 2017, 11:00 am136 pts
Mega-corporations — from Facebook to Amazon — are creating modern-day company towns. In Menlo Park, California, Facebook plans to build a new campus with 1,500 residences, a walkable retail district, a grocery store, and a hotel for its employees. Meanwhile, Amazon recently announced that it will build…

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