What a circus.
Amazon announces candidate cities for HQ2
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#12Nothing new here. I think the list is really down to 17, since I don't see Amazon putting a new HQ in NYC, DC, or LA. We already knew the top 20 or so areas, probably top 15. The interesting news is that now some of these periphery cities have an opportunity to further state their case; I'm looking at you Columbus, Pittsburgh, Nashville, Miami.
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#13Its basically most of the major metro areas in North America >500 miles away from Seattle. Doesn't seem to be cutting it down much.
I agree it's a massive list to have said they've whittled it down much, but I can see some misses. St Louis isn't there, Detroit isn't there, Tampa and Orlando aren't there, Milwaukee isn't there, Phoenix isn't there, Houston isn't there, Minneapolis isn't there, Baltimore isn't there.
They put out far too big of a list of candidates, but they have apparently ruled out just as many major metro areas.
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#14No Ottawa, very disappointing.
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#15on realpolitik grounds, Indianapolis would be a fascinating choice.
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#16The page keeps crashing on iOS about 80% of the way through, can someone post the actual list?
Atlanta
Austin, Tex.
Boston
Chicago
Columbus, Ohio
Dallas
Denver
Indianapolis
Los Angeles
Miami
Montgomery County, Md.
Nashville
Newark
New York
Northern Virginia
Phladelphia
Pittsburgh
Raleigh, N.C.
Toronto, Canada
Washington, D.C.
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#17Newark?
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#18I wish i could live in North America. You guys have it so exciting out there ;).
Hopefully it goes to a region that kinda needs it and can grow further.
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#19Nice to see Toronto on the list, though game theory suggest that we're only here because having a Canadian Candidate has the potential to have all 3 levels of government involved rather than just state and city. I'm not really sure how to go about handicapping the finalists. Given the current political climate, Toronto is interesting because it's the only city that gives Amazon some escape form the US government. You…
According the housing crisis, there's absolutely no buildable land left anywhere in the Greater Toronto region.
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#20Ask for Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area to build better transportation, and that's the pick
100% agree with you here.