Amazon expected to announce NYC and Northern Virginia as new headquarters

Post by dmead » Tue, Nov 13, 2018, 3:03 AM UTC

cm2012 wrote: post #47

CPLX wrote: post #33

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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.…

Saying things like, "Enjoy your stripmalls", actually hurts your argument by indicating a lot of insecurity.

Post by lostlogin » Tue, Nov 13, 2018, 3:04 AM UTC

CPLX wrote: post #33

Aloha wrote: post #6

I 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.…

Post by prlambert » Tue, Nov 13, 2018, 3:04 AM UTC

sonnyblarney wrote: post #19

Aloha wrote: post #6

I 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…

NYC has a lot of developers, more than the valley. It's already a 'draw' of sorts, this is an advantage. "DC, access to policymakers - but I see no real strategic advantages here." Amazon is going to become the #1 IT vendor of choice for the biggest government of the world AND reach their tentacles deep into the political arena for all sorts of other benefits. Military, FBI, CIA, Gov, Fannie/Freddie. All huge . Also…

Post by c3534l » Tue, Nov 13, 2018, 3:05 AM UTC

dmead wrote: post #52

cm2012 wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Saying things like, "Enjoy your stripmalls", actually hurts your argument by indicating a lot of insecurity.

The west has a lot of strip malls.

Post by whatever_dude » Tue, Nov 13, 2018, 3:08 AM UTC

prlambert wrote: post #56

sonnyblarney wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

NYC has a lot of developers, more than the valley. It's already a 'draw' of sorts, this is an advantage. "DC, access to policymakers - but I see no real strategic advantages here." Amazon is going to become the #1 IT vendor of choice for the biggest government of the world AND reach their tentacles deep into the political arena for all sorts of other benefits. Military, FBI, CIA, Gov, Fannie/Freddie. All huge . Also…

"NYC has a lot of developers, more than the valley" - do you have a source for that? Seems highly unlikely. My quick googling suggests silicon valley has 2x-5x more engineers than NYC.