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Oh well, same old same old. Look at all the dots on the edges.
[1] http://www.kansascity.com/news/business/article180878701.htm...
Breaking the process into stages like this will create a bidding war where Amazon can then go to each city government and extract more benefits. I'm usually against tax payers funding things like this (ie:stadiums) but I still selfishly want the location to be somewhere in the NYC/Philly/DC corridor.
Three candidate cities are in the same metro area (DC). * Montgomery county, MD * Northern Virginia * Washington DC
Nice 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…
I don't blame them, in this era of Trump hyper-nationalism there'd be a huge blow-back for choosing a Canadian city.
What's the point of announcing your candidate cities? Seems like it's only there so that the two or three cities they're really considering have to throw loads of tax breaks at them.
on realpolitik grounds, Indianapolis would be a fascinating choice.
Proximity to an international airport that can easily handle Amazon's shipments has got to count for something, right?
Nice 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…
https://www.wired.com/story/google-sidewalk-labs-toronto-qua...
https://gizmodo.com/nycs-free-wifi-service-is-turning-into-a...
Its basically most of the major metro areas in North America >500 miles away from Seattle. Doesn't seem to be cutting it down much.
Instead, they privately already have 2 or 3 particular cities in mind and the other 18 cities are just there for negotiating leverage for the 2 they really want. The problem is that the cities themselves don't know if they're "really in contention" or just "disposable chess pieces".
Again, that's just my guess.