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My favorite part of the Miami story is the argument that Miami has affordable housing. Amazon is pretty much infamous for sending rents near their offices soaring through the roof. Got affordable housing in your metro? Amazon can fix that!
Or you could add more supply.
Please don't come to Austin. There are enough of us new people here.
Same for the northern Dallas suburb area, we don't need more people and company HQs. Now Fort Worth? That's another story...
I think it'll be Dallas or Atlanta though.
From that perspective, some of the cities isn't surprising. For example, I grew up in Columbus, OH and I know that one of the AWS regions is located in the greater Columbus area. The airport is international but it is is not a major hub like Atlanta. When I lived in Seattle, I remember locals there complaining about the transit system -- yet it is way better than what Columbus has.
I do know that, Columbus is probably willing to change things about its city to accomodate Amazon. Not just in terms of tax credits, but likely extending all the way out to municipal and regional planning.
The same could be said about the other cities -- Austin, Newark, etc.
If they come to Boston, I'll be leaving ASAP. Please don't ruin Austin either...
Philadelphia made the list, but they also pitched three separate locations [1] within the city. It is not clear if all 3 are under consideration or if one or more of the locations has been ruled out. [1] http://www.philly.com/philly/business/real_estate/commercial...
It seems like the lack of nonstop flights to Seattle is the only real downside to it. But that's something I would think could almost certainly be fixed before the new campus was even finished.
on realpolitik grounds, Indianapolis would be a fascinating choice.
The main problem with some of these cities, Indianapolis in particular, is that it might be hard to attract software developers to go live there. Even though the dollar goes farther in Indianapolis, after adjusting for cost of living, you would still need to add a bonus to entice developers to live there rather than Seattle. I grew up near Indianapolis and I certainly would not live there over Seattle, for political/…
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> Nice to see Toronto on the list, though game theory suggest My bet is on Toronto because they can pick up all the staff they need worldwide without the problems of trying to get US visas.
> without the problems of trying to get US visas This assumes that politicians eager to get Amazon are not able to speed up and fix that process which they certainly would be motivated to do. [1] [1] This is not 'your shitty startup with 10 employees'. It's Amazon and the brass ring.