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re: Only a few cities could actually accommodate Amazon's second HQ
Posted on 9/8/17 at 10:10 am to AbitaFan08
Posted on 9/8/17 at 10:10 am to AbitaFan08
The more I think about it Atlanta makes a ton of sense. East coast lower cost of living than the northeast, Georgia Tech (top ten computer engineering) and Emory in town. Massive hub airport.
It's Atlanta or Texas IMO.
It's Atlanta or Texas IMO.
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Posted on 9/8/17 at 10:10 am to buckeye_vol
Lulz at everyone in here
The big city that gives amazon the most in incentives and credits will get the development. Easy as that.
The big city that gives amazon the most in incentives and credits will get the development. Easy as that.
Posted on 9/8/17 at 10:11 am to buckeye_vol
Ya, it will be interesting if this is a purely "data driven" decision or not.
Posted on 9/8/17 at 10:11 am to Rouge
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Lulz at everyone in here
The big city that gives amazon the most in incentives and credits will get the development. Easy as that.
Yeah but if we can't wildly speculate, what else am I going to do on a Friday? Work?
Posted on 9/8/17 at 10:12 am to goofball
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Six cities Amazon should consider for its second headquarters
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Amazon’s surprise announcement Thursday morning that it will begin searching for a second headquarters in North America will send political and civic leaders across the continent into a frenzied scramble to lure the fast-growing technology powerhouse.
But what cities actually have a chance to land Amazon’s “second home?”
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Toronto - This cosmopolitan city on the shores of Lake Ontario has long produced top technology talent, and that talent comes cheaper than most cities in the U.S. According to CBRE’s 2017 North American Scoring Tech Talent analysis, Toronto was ranked as the second best city for the quality and value of its technology workforce. (Just behind Vancouver). Toronto also ranked first in terms of tech job growth, with 22,500 tech jobs added from 2015 to 2016.
Boston - There’s a war for talent across the tech landscape, and perhaps no city produces as many top young minds in areas such as robotics, AI, computer vision, cloud computing as Boston. Beantown used to be one of the most important tech hubs on the planet, but through a series of mergers, relocations and just bad luck (remember, Facebook was started there but migrated to Silicon Valley shortly after it was founded) the home to the Red Sox and Patriots has lost air faster than a Tom Brady football. Now, none of the gang of five tech giants — Google, Apple, Amazon, Facebook or Microsoft — call Boston home.
Austin - Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has deep roots in Texas, where family ancestors operated a massive ranch, and his Blue Origin space venture launches rockets. We expect multiple cities in the Lone Star state to make a bid for Amazon, but Austin seems like the best fit. It’s home to the University of Texas, which means Amazon could mine the Longhorns for top talent. It’s also an impressive tech center (with companies such as Dell, HomeAway and RackSpace) and a desirable place to live. More than 68,000 people worked in Austin’s burgeoning tech economy in 2016, including more than 25,000 in software development.
Pittsburgh - This one-time steel town is re-inventing itself as an important technology hub, largely on the back of the pioneering work at Carnegie Mellon University. The city sits at the confluence of the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio rivers, and while it is much smaller than other contenders on this list, we think Amazon will take a look at the second biggest city in Pennsylvania (It would not surprise us if it looked at Philadelphia for that matter, too). The revitalization efforts in the one-time blue collar city have attracted a bevy of tech companies such as Apple, Facebook, Uber and others. More than 42,000 people now work in Pittsburgh’s growing tech sector (including more than 12,000 in software development), a growth rate of 24 percent from 2011 to 2016. A rust belt city on the rebound, Pittsburgh would work hard to attract Amazon, perhaps dangling massive incentives and attractive real estate options in front of the company.
Atlanta - I originally was not going to put Atlanta on the short list, but then I started thinking about the number one thing Amazon wants: Tech talent. And tech talent without high-cost rivals competing for the workers. Home to Georgia Tech and 133,000 tech workers, Atlanta will certainly be in the conversation. Like Chicago, Atlanta also serves as a transportation hub, which will likely be a key component in any decision made by Bezos and crew.
Chicago - The Windy City already poached one Seattle area corporate titan when Boeing moved its headquarters to Chicago in 2001. Could it happen again? A big city, with big ambitions to grow its tech credibility, Chicago already employs over 143,000 people in its tech sector, including 44,000 in software engineering and development. It does not boast an MIT, Carnegie Mellon, University of Toronto or University of Texas, but Chicago’s cosmopolitan appeal, welcoming culture and central location could serve it well as a contender for Amazon’s second headquarters.
The problem with Toronto is that it is even more difficult for some people to obtain work visas there than in the US.
This post was edited on 9/8/17 at 10:15 am
Posted on 9/8/17 at 10:12 am to Rouge
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The big city that gives amazon the most in incentives and credits will get the development.
...pretty sure every city is going to offer Amazon the biggest incentive package possible
Posted on 9/8/17 at 10:13 am to Rouge
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The big city that gives amazon the most in incentives and credits will get the development. Easy as that.
Well, we know that. It will be the city which has all the minimums necessary of an infrastructure and cost perspective. Once there, it will be about handouts among those remaining.
Posted on 9/8/17 at 10:23 am to Teddy Ruxpin
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ber liberals and mouthbreathers equally annoy the hell out of me.
Bingo!
Posted on 9/8/17 at 10:26 am to LSUGrrrl
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They need to stay out of Collin & Dentin counties. We just can't support anymore people or development
Preach on. 121 is going to get even worse once all of Legacy West gets built.
Posted on 9/8/17 at 10:37 am to baldona
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That's absurdly wrong. First off, its not like all 50,000 will start right away. It will be a couple of thousand the first year and grow from there. You don't get to a number like 50k until year like 10.
Secondly, a large chunk of the first group will be current Amazon employees moving in from elsewhere. Again not affecting the current market.
Lastly, tons of their employees will be coming from all over no matter the location. So the idea that the location has to provide anywhere close to all of those employees is simply not even close to being right.
True. IF they choose a smaller city like Columbus, there will be ample time to build housing, office buildings, grocery stores, and gyms to accommodate them.
Posted on 9/8/17 at 10:41 am to goofball
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Toronto
Bingo. I didn't realize they may be looking at Canada.
Posted on 9/8/17 at 10:47 am to Adam Banks
If it was me, I drop it in Tampa/St Pete. You have a Bay, major airport, and all the positives of a major city. Add no state income tax.
Posted on 9/8/17 at 10:48 am to RedRifle
Several areas in the DC area are planning to bid, including Arlington, Loudoun County, PG County and the District itself.
LINK
Edit: As a property owner in the Courthouse area, I will have the biggest boner if we get it.
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Edit: As a property owner in the Courthouse area, I will have the biggest boner if we get it.
This post was edited on 9/8/17 at 10:51 am
Posted on 9/8/17 at 10:49 am to AUCE05
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If it was me, I drop it in Tampa/St Pete. You have a Bay, major airport, and all the positives of a major city. Add no state income tax.
You can be sure the winning bid will include massive tax breaks no matter where it is.
Posted on 9/8/17 at 10:50 am to AUCE05
Birmingham
Low low cost compared to everywhere else. Can draw from Nashville and Atlanta, as well as nearby Huntsville. Amazon is already building sortation location in Mobile.
Hell, re-name it Birmingzon
Low low cost compared to everywhere else. Can draw from Nashville and Atlanta, as well as nearby Huntsville. Amazon is already building sortation location in Mobile.
Hell, re-name it Birmingzon
Posted on 9/8/17 at 10:51 am to RedRifle
Amazon's recent acquisition of Whole Foods, plus the existing tech and university infrastructure, might give Austin an edge. But the Tesla mega facility wound up on Nevada, so we just really don't know...
Posted on 9/8/17 at 10:58 am to AUCE05
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If it was me, I drop it in Tampa/St Pete. You have a Bay, major airport, and all the positives of a major city. Add no state income tax.
Does the bay serve any business purpose though? Dallas has all that without the bay plus no state income tax too.
Posted on 9/8/17 at 10:59 am to Pettifogger
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The case for Atlanta is pretty strong,
We don't need any more people thanks, especially not those kind.
Posted on 9/8/17 at 11:05 am to RandySavage
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We don't need any more people thanks, especially not those kind.
Good idea. Let's become Detroit with no growth!
Posted on 9/8/17 at 11:07 am to SwatMitchell
They should put it in Bentonville to frick with Wal-Mart
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