Earlier quoted context omitted.
New York is "the place" for just about every industry.
Banking, ads, modeling. Not tech. No Fry’s.
They have Microcenter and B&H, what more could you need?
Amazon expected to announce NYC and Northern Virginia as new headquarters
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#32I feel this choice is a mistake for the company long term, they're putting resources into two very hot housing and real estate markets, that have no real draw (in my opinion) for technical employees. Hew York is high tax (compared to Washington), unpleasant weather, overall high costs, and has a housing shortage, Washington DC, once described has having "Southern Efficiency, and Northern Charm" has similar issues of…
I'd suspect the choice of NYC has more to do with the available talent pool there. At this moment, with the scarcity of available engineering talent and the scale at which Amazon needs it, there might not be a city outside of SF that better fits their needs.
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#33I feel this choice is a mistake for the company long term, they're putting resources into two very hot housing and real estate markets, that have no real draw (in my opinion) for technical employees. Hew York is high tax (compared to Washington), unpleasant weather, overall high costs, and has a housing shortage, Washington DC, once described has having "Southern Efficiency, and Northern Charm" has similar issues of…
New York is literally the greatest city in the history of world civilization and the planetary capital of finance, media, business, fashion and culture. It’s easily the largest city in the country, and iconic globally.
But you’re finding it hard to understand why people might want to live here?
I’d post more but my New York life is veritable cornucopia of novel and enriching experiences and I’d better get back to it. Enjoy your stripmalls.
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#34As a Bostonian, woot!
The already planned Amazon Seaport expansion actually makes more sense than the HQ2 proposal did. We'll see what happens with the GE HQ in the area anyway. Suffolk Downs was always a bit of a weird location for the HQ. Technically on the subway (Blue Line) but north of the city in working class areas that would presumably not have been preferred young tech worker housing in the near term.
Re: Amazon expected to announce NYC and Northern Virginia as new headquarters
#35I feel this choice is a mistake for the company long term, they're putting resources into two very hot housing and real estate markets, that have no real draw (in my opinion) for technical employees. Hew York is high tax (compared to Washington), unpleasant weather, overall high costs, and has a housing shortage, Washington DC, once described has having "Southern Efficiency, and Northern Charm" has similar issues of…
For some weird reason (in my experience) Amazon employees all seem to want to move to NYC. Like, constantly. Go on Blind and they'll talk about it all day with dubious reasoning. I don't get it myself (I had a few NYC offers but chose Amazon in Boston instead), but NYC has become "the place" elite for software-focused undergrads these days. Everyone wants to get into FB/Instagram NY or Google NYC.
It’s not that hard to imagine why someone would want to move from a mid-size tech city where you are often hated for where you work, to NYC.
Re: Amazon expected to announce NYC and Northern Virginia as new headquarters
#36I feel this choice is a mistake for the company long term, they're putting resources into two very hot housing and real estate markets, that have no real draw (in my opinion) for technical employees. Hew York is high tax (compared to Washington), unpleasant weather, overall high costs, and has a housing shortage, Washington DC, once described has having "Southern Efficiency, and Northern Charm" has similar issues of…
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NYC is a very mixed bag on quality of life. It depends on what your priorities are.
Re: Amazon expected to announce NYC and Northern Virginia as new headquarters
#37I feel this choice is a mistake for the company long term, they're putting resources into two very hot housing and real estate markets, that have no real draw (in my opinion) for technical employees. Hew York is high tax (compared to Washington), unpleasant weather, overall high costs, and has a housing shortage, Washington DC, once described has having "Southern Efficiency, and Northern Charm" has similar issues of…
>unpleasant weather
I mean I've visited both Austin and San Francisco so I understand the appeal of temperate climates but plenty of people not only tolerate but enjoy less temperate climates, myself included
Re: Amazon expected to announce NYC and Northern Virginia as new headquarters
#38I feel this choice is a mistake for the company long term, they're putting resources into two very hot housing and real estate markets, that have no real draw (in my opinion) for technical employees. Hew York is high tax (compared to Washington), unpleasant weather, overall high costs, and has a housing shortage, Washington DC, once described has having "Southern Efficiency, and Northern Charm" has similar issues of…
New York is literally the greatest city in the history of world civilization and the planetary capital of finance, media, business, fashion and culture. It’s easily the largest city in the country, and iconic globally. But you’re finding it hard to understand why people might want to live here? I’d post more but my New York life is veritable cornucopia of novel and enriching experiences and I’d better get back to it.…
Hahaha. I'm from New Jersey. Go fuck yourself!
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#39This is no longer an HQ2 it’s a satellite campus. Amazon took advantage of cities vying for this HQ and in the end of the day its 20k employees maybe.
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#40I have been wondering if any of the cities that proposed will make their proposals public now that the final decision has been made. My own city, Orlando, released only a redacted version of the proposal. How should cities and states manage the tension between their duty to transparency and the competitive advantage of keeping proposals secret?