Amazon HQ2 Thread

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  1. steamengine

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    I find it fascinating and pretty much every major city in the country (and some in Canada) are competing for amazon's second headquarters. Will bring 50,000 jobs to the chosen region. Proposals are due October 19th.

    Supposedly execs are pushing for Boston but employees want Austin for more affordable housing options.

    Qualifications outlined as follows:

    The company laid out a pretty detailed wish list for its “HQ2” project, including a metropolitan area with more than one million people, on-site access to mass transit, a commute of 45 minutes or less to an international airport, easy access to a major highway or arterial road, and close proximity to good universities, plus fiber optic internet connections and strong cell phone service. “We want to invest in a community where our employees will enjoy living, recreational opportunities, educational opportunities, and an overall high quality of life,” Amazon’s announcement said, adding that the company is also looking for “communities that think big.”



    Will be interesting to watch.
     
  2. Nelson

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    It'll be Boston or Denver
     
  3. * J Y *

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    Please for the love of god not Austin.
     
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  4. Where Eagles Dare

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    Austin doesn't have transit, do they?
     
  5. bigred77

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    we have a train

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  6. GoodForAnother

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    Sounds like they're retarded
     
  7. steamengine

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    Compared to Boston or Seattle?
     
  8. Bruce Wayne

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    Anxious to see the tax breaks that will be offered
     
  9. Mix

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    They probably already know where they are going but looking to see if some city gives them so much they can't say no. Smart.
     
  10. Kirk Fogg

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    All
     
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  12. steamengine

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    Looking at you, Wisconsin
     
  13. theregionsitter

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  14. Magneto

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    It would be travesty to put this in a red state. So please choose Boston or Colorado.
     
  15. Hogview

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    Little Rock thinks they have a chance :facepalm:
     
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    5* silent commit taking a few extra OV's for some extra ass. Cities praying the catch those feels
     
  17. steamengine

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    Atlanta makes a ton of sense to me
     
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  18. kennypowers

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    They said a community where their employees would enjoy living
     
  19. EMAW FC

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    lmao i don't understand why KC is even trying
     
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    DFW!
     
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  21. OhioHoo

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    Under Armours CEO is going all out with the Mayor of Baltimore. They essentially are building a gated community for Under Armour Employees near their new HQ and are looking for another major company. Goldman Sachs also just poured a boatload of money into the project too.
     
  22. ohhaithur

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  24. dump

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    Florida taxes are insane for out of state businesses iirc
     
  25. tjosu

    tjosu This is kind of like the breakfast club, huh?
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  26. soulfly

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    Can they decide to make it HQ1 and leave Seattle? That'd be swell
     
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  27. Capt Wigs

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    We have buses? :idk:
     
  28. ono

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    The city will be using it as leverage to get the new airport built.

    "See, Amazon didn't come because we don't have the airport and infrastructure."

    For the record, I am pro new KCI.
     
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    same
     
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  30. Mix

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    Its actually 4th best in the country. Florida loves to underfund everything.
     
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  31. BellottiBold

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    ...because there is an international airport there? :idk:
     
  32. dblplay1212

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    there is one flight to cancun through frontier and that's about it. comically poor aiport for a city our size
     
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  34. Fran Tarkenton

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    I agree, except for Orlando.
     
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  35. GoodForAnother

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    Whatever man
     
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  36. BellottiBold

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    fair enough, I wouldn't know. I just know it has the right classification is all
     
  37. Tobias

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    guess that is why charlotte is a potential location
     
  38. GoodForAnother

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  39. allothersnsused

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    Boston
    Atlanta
    Dallas
    DC
    Denver
    Austin
    Toronto

    Would be surprised if the selection comes from outside that group of cities.
     
  40. ohhaithur

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    no corporate tax
    no income tax so you can pay people less
    centrally located
    tech hub

    it's going to be austin
     
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  41. Kirk Fogg

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  43. Arkadin

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    I think Raleigh would be a good choice
     
  44. dump

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    :texassmug:
     
  45. Corky Bucek

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    Why?
     
  46. dblplay1212

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    Read the *.
     
  47. dump

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    I did

    still :texassmug:
     
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  48. Where Eagles Dare

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    Doesn't Amazon workntheir corporate employees pretty hard?

    Seems I've read or heard it isn't the best working environment
     
  49. dump

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    I'll take it if they would hire me
     
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