Amazon announces candidate cities for HQ2

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Post by uptown » Thu, Jan 18, 2018, 2:12 PM UTC

Amazon announces candidate cities for HQ2
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Post by draw_down » Thu, Jan 18, 2018, 2:26 PM UTC

Boy, they are really milking this damn thing. Woof.

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Post by chollida1 » Thu, Jan 18, 2018, 2:27 PM UTC

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'd want:

- an international airport so you can get to Beijing, London, etc on a single flight. This might eliminate the smaller cities.

- a strong existing tech workforce and universities.

- land in the downtown core to build on, this might eliminate New York?

- perhaps you'd preference the cities that already have an amazon campus in them.

Toronto has all of these..

Ah, who am I kidding. its going to come down to which government gives them the most money and that eliminates Toronto.

Would be fun for someone in each city to make a list of what makes your city a good choice for the headquarters!!

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Post by rb808 » Thu, Jan 18, 2018, 2:29 PM UTC

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.

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Post by rcchen » Thu, Jan 18, 2018, 2:29 PM UTC

Oof unfortunate that Detroit missed the cut, wonder why that happened; they seemed reasonably competitive from an outsider's perspective.

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Post by soared » Thu, Jan 18, 2018, 2:30 PM UTC

The page keeps crashing on iOS about 80% of the way through, can someone post the actual list?

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Post by runwerks » Thu, Jan 18, 2018, 2:31 PM UTC

soared wrote: post #6

The page keeps crashing on iOS about 80% of the way through, can someone post the actual list?

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/Anything...

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Post by maxfurman » Thu, Jan 18, 2018, 2:31 PM UTC

No big surprises here, but I'm glad to see Philly is still in the running.

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Post by encoderer » Thu, Jan 18, 2018, 2:31 PM UTC

rcchen wrote: post #5

Oof unfortunate that Detroit missed the cut, wonder why that happened; they seemed reasonably competitive from an outsider's perspective.

I think rfp asked for a stable and growing economy. Detroit is still stumbling in this respect.

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Post by nsx147 » Thu, Jan 18, 2018, 2:33 PM UTC

Ask for Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area to build better transportation, and that's the pick