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re: Amazon seeking second headquarters for 50K employees
Posted on 9/7/17 at 8:05 am to RummelTiger
Posted on 9/7/17 at 8:05 am to RummelTiger
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I'm aware, but it's not SF. It's closer to San Jose than SF...
Right. My entire post was about metro areas.
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Posted on 9/7/17 at 8:08 am to LSUBoo
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A) That's not true.
PROVE IT.
Posted on 9/7/17 at 8:09 am to DannyB
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My hometown of Huntsville, AL, would be perfect for it!!
I agree, but if they are primarily looking at 1 million+ metros, we are just barely 500k so it sounds like a long shot
Posted on 9/7/17 at 8:15 am to Chris4x4gill2
Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, or D.C.
It will be in a HUB city in the CST or EST zones. Dallas makes the most amount of sense.
It will be in a HUB city in the CST or EST zones. Dallas makes the most amount of sense.
Posted on 9/7/17 at 8:20 am to 50_Tiger
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PROVE IT.
Fine.
LINK
There's a quick demographic overview of Louisiana... 1,206,574 people are employed in jobs falling under the category of "white collar" according to data compiled by Onboard Informatics.
Even with a LARGE margin for error in their data compilation, I think it's safe to say there are more than 50k in the state.
Posted on 9/7/17 at 8:23 am to LSUBoo
I'll give you credit where credit is due.
I find it hard to believe that there are more white collar jobs in La than blue collar though.
Those numbers seem "off."
Interested to know what they define as white collar.
Might be including government jobs in that.
edit: TIL there are 200k more females than males in Texas. Which means Texas baws the ocean is deep in poon!
This post was edited on 9/7/17 at 8:25 am
Posted on 9/7/17 at 8:24 am to gatorrocks
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I'd bet it ends up on the east coast.
This. Google already has a massivr office in Manhattan.
Posted on 9/7/17 at 8:26 am to willeaux
quote:OK.
The company is soliciting bids for the project, dubbed Amazon’s “HQ2,” and said it would prioritize metropolitan areas with more than one million people.
1. Cities with >1MM pop.
2. Of those, ones that are best positioned to finance -through bond sales, tax incentives, and/or capital availability.
3. Of those, ones that provide a requisite talent pool (not sure what that might mean in terms of numbers because it sounds like a fair portion of this workforce would be relocating to begin with and don't know what Amazon needs -guessing computer geeks -at least until AI takes over- and those can be found anywhere..._
I would add:
3. Of those, ones that have the best infrastructure: transportation (international airport/hub airport), road and highway networks (movement within, to, and from such a metropolitan area), public transport network (light rail/subway, bus, AmTrak, bike/pedestrian-friendly), scaleable and sustainable utilities (including communications networking).
4. Adequate, available, and 'affordable' housing stock.
Lower on the list, I would argue:
5. Of those, environmentally friendly locations: perhaps defined by topography (close to shore, 'nature', and/or unique culture).
Any requirement that a given location must provide political/cultural affinity with Amazon corporate culture and ideals, I would argue, would be relatively low on the list for two reasons: 1) the majority of locations that fulfill the prior stated needs probably already hew in the direction of a company headed by the owner and chief influencer of the WaPo and 2) Amazon surely believes that even if they didn't already, or at least not enough, that the sheer force of Amazon's financial and political will could bend such an environment to their liking.
I think the big 4 of NYC, LA, CHI, and HOU are most probably ruled out on a variety of fronts...
BOS metro is really a shithole - but I guess it could appeal to certain types -just don't see Amazon in the NE metropolitan corridor at all, though...
ATL and DAL just don't feel right on multiple levels, too...
Don't know a ton about AUS but my sense is that it's more of a wannabe in this kind of a thing, same goes for LAS...
After all that, my guess would be that places like DEN, BNA, CLT, or SAT are closer fits but would face stiffist competition on the financing front...
Posted on 9/7/17 at 8:26 am to 50_Tiger
Even if they're off... 50K is a very very small number for metro areas like New Orleans or Baton Rouge, let alone the entire state.
Posted on 9/7/17 at 8:29 am to willeaux
Coming to Alexandria.
Posted on 9/7/17 at 8:31 am to dallastiger55
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If DFW id have to say more on the FW side since Toyota and everything else has gone the route of the Dallas/Collin County side. I could see something near the TX Motor Speedway in Fort Worth. Amazon already has a MASSIVE distribution hub there.
The Alliancearea? Huge regional airport. Lockheed Martin has some of their F-35 Depot work out there. I would move if that happened. I am just up the road in Southlake on 114. DFW area housIng market is already bad. Amazon moving here would make me
move. If it goes Texas, I am hoping somewhere in the Austin area.
Posted on 9/7/17 at 8:31 am to Knight of Old
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a fair portion of this workforce would be relocating
I've seen a few people post this, but nothing in the article implies it. They're seeking a second HQ for continued growth because they've nearly reached maximum capacity in Seattle. They have a bigger footprint in Seattle than any employer in any other city in America. They're not relocating their HQ
Posted on 9/7/17 at 8:33 am to ihometiger
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Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, or D.C.
It will be in a HUB city in the CST or EST zones. Dallas makes the most amount of sense.
Northern Kentucky near their current east coast distribution hub could be a viable option. You have UPS HQ for shipping there, as well as, numerous catalog and fulfillment companies, all within close proximity to Cincinnati, Lexington and Louisville. Land is cheap and you also have major cross-country interstates close by
Posted on 9/7/17 at 8:33 am to Knight of Old
Boston metro is a shite hole? Compared to what?
Posted on 9/7/17 at 8:34 am to Cooter Davenport
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It's a tech hub where every other Silicon Valley company has, or is currently building, its second HQ
You mean Plano/Frisco/Dallas?
Posted on 9/7/17 at 8:34 am to Golfer
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Atlanta
Raleigh/Durham
Not a chance given the political climate of those states.
Nashville maybe
This post was edited on 9/7/17 at 8:34 am
Posted on 9/7/17 at 8:40 am to BR Tiger
Probably Dallas area
Or Cottonport
Or Cottonport
Posted on 9/7/17 at 8:43 am to MusclesofBrussels
Probably a long shot but I'll throw in Columbus, Ohio as a potential landing spot. We have 2 Amazon distribution centers and 3 large Amazon data centers and Facebook just announced a $750 million data center as well. With Ohio State nearby, that could only help as well (like Austin with UT and research triangle in NC).
Posted on 9/7/17 at 8:45 am to S
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Probably Dallas area
Posted on 9/7/17 at 8:46 am to willeaux
Cincinnati is going to be a darkhorse candidate here.
Amazon just bought an entire terminal of the Cincinnati airport as the base for its future air operations.
Amazon just bought an entire terminal of the Cincinnati airport as the base for its future air operations.
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