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Amazon Plans to Split HQ2 Evenly Between Two Cities
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#12Somewhere near DC is must to cater for DoD and other federal government contracts
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#13i dont even understand what this means
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#14So double the concessions?
He didn't become the world's richest shopkeeper by accident.
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#15the Boston Atlanta Metropolitan Axis is clearly getting HQ2.
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#16Another great example of why cities shouldn't be selling out their residents to attract one of these large companies there. They'll never get their value out of it. Here Amazon changes the game to half the benefits after most of the discussions of incentives have been had.
Side by side with this story, it's hard to see why states and cities are still willing to play ball: https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/29/18027032/foxconn-wiscons...
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#17I'm extremely curious what the cities who were working closely with Amazon think of this development, as now it seems that they'll be getting half the jobs for their concessions. Additionally, the reason cited for splitting their new HQ is the lack of enough tech talent, which means that their concessions may have been for naught if they didn't have enough talent for Amazon in the first place.
Some of the cities had incentives that were at least partially linked to headcount; like there are rumors that Chicago/Illinois proposals would route Amazon HQ2 employees state income tax into the incentive fund.
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#18So where is the city for Amazon HQ2? :)
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#19I’m biased, but I’ve had a feeling in the beginning it was always going to be Dallas in some capacity: 1. DC area may have three potential cities, but Texas is the only other region that has two cities being considered 2. DFW airport is one of the US’s busiest airports, and American Airlines is headquartered there, so you can get a direct flight to anywhere in the country in 3 hours tops. Amazon already has multiple…
There's a reason so many companies are moving to DFW.
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