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re: Amazon seeking second headquarters for 50K employees
Posted on 9/7/17 at 4:31 pm to Cooter Davenport
Posted on 9/7/17 at 4:31 pm to Cooter Davenport
quote:Who are they? We're talking about 50,000 employees, not just executives making $$$$.
That's all they'll do.
quote:Yet they just spent over a billion already in Central Ohio alone, and those data center jobs aren't just low skill and/or education labor. I have no illusions about Ohio being the greatest place on earth by any means, but we have the 5th most fortune 1000 companies out of all of the states.
This whole issue doesn't matter at all because they're not spending $5 Billion on a new campus in shite arse Ohio.
Columbus in particular is growing pretty rapidly (not Seattle or Austin levels). Amazon had invested like 1.5 billion; Facebook has invested 750 million; we have 500 million invested in a 21st century transportation initiative. Corporate taxes are low; cost of living is low. We have one or the largest universities in the country and within a few hours of a slew of other top universities.
So maybe Boston or DC makes more sense, for obvious reasons, but you're acting like we're Detroit or something.
And frankly, while I like Seattle, given the cost of living, somewhat isolated location, weather that is not for everybody, and tax rates, Columbus would be a better location for a major company than Seattle, industry specific needs aside. And if we had the other Amazon headquarters, then all of a sudden many of those advantages that Seattle had, wouldn't be much of an advantage afterall.
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Posted on 9/7/17 at 4:41 pm to buckeye_vol
Austin better start building more homes and roads - it's gonna be fricking crazy here when Amazon moves in. Oh, and I want a bridge across Lake Travis. Goddamn it's about time we're able to travel from the Northshore to the Southshore without having to drive 200 miles to do so.
Home prices are gonna be even more nuts than they are now...
Home prices are gonna be even more nuts than they are now...
Posted on 9/7/17 at 4:42 pm to RummelTiger
Rummy do yall even have a loop yet?
Posted on 9/7/17 at 4:46 pm to 50_Tiger
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Rummy do yall even have a loop yet?
No, because of the fricking lake.
We had a great chance to start construction on a bridge back when you could essentially walk across the bottom of that fricker a few years ago, then it rained one weekend...and all the water came back.
Posted on 9/7/17 at 4:47 pm to Cooter Davenport
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I don't see people currently living in Seattle being very excited about moving to fricking Ohio
Columbus is a good spot. I'll assume you've never been
Posted on 9/7/17 at 4:49 pm to TheXman
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Columbus is a good spot. I'll assume you've never been
I've been. A few times.
Meh...
Posted on 9/7/17 at 4:50 pm to RummelTiger
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I've been. A few times.
Meh...
Cool thanks I wasn't replying to you
Posted on 9/7/17 at 4:52 pm to TheXman
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Cool thanks I wasn't replying to you
Well, welcome to a message board, Chump.
Posted on 9/7/17 at 4:57 pm to buckeye_vol
Dark horse is MSP.
Posted on 9/7/17 at 5:13 pm to RummelTiger
quote:With Whole Foods and UT, Austin seems like an ideal location; however, given the ridiculous growth that's already occurring, it seems like it's almost too hard to keep up as is. Can it handle that many more people on top of the current growth?
Austin better start building more homes and roads - it's gonna be fricking crazy here when Amazon moves in.
I mean Franklin County (Columbus) has added almost 200,000 people since 2000 growing at about 1.1% per year, and we have house shortage issues as is.
In that same time, Travis County has added almost 390,000 people at about 2.5% per year, and it didn't look like you have an outerbelt in place like we do. I don't think people realize how valuable that is, and they are currently adding lanes on multiple places just to keep up with the increase in traffic.
At its current rate, Travis County will add almost 130,000+ people by 2020. With 50,000 more jobs, plus families and jobs that result from that, I would think Amazon alike would result in at least 130,000 more people. Obviously people can sprawl further out, but is 65,000 people per year even feasible, especially given the current infrastructure?
Posted on 9/7/17 at 5:46 pm to Cooter Davenport
quote:Well they would probably be a bit more excited when a person with a $100,000 salary in Seattle would be able to get by on roughly a $64,500 salary in Columbus while maintaining the same standard of living.
I don't see people currently living in Seattle being very excited about moving to fricking Ohio.
Cost of living comparison
Granted that would be offset somewhat by income taxes (which I didn't see in the calculations), which would add about 5,000 to an adjusted gross income of 100,000 but our sales tax is about 2% lower.
quote:And Boston has an even higher cost of living (need to make about $102,851), then add another $4,800 in state income taxes.
I could see them being fine with Boston or Denver for instance.
So if $35,000 extra dollars in disposable income is not incentive enough to choose Columbus over Boston for a person making $100,000 isn't enough, then you're absolutely right.
Posted on 9/7/17 at 7:21 pm to DannyB
Ugh, it'd make Huntsville a lot more liberal. And the traffic worse. But hey, I say bring it on and build a new 72 alternate, this time from Athens across north Limestone to the north side of Huntsville. Annex away, bitches.
Posted on 9/7/17 at 8:06 pm to willeaux
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Metropolitan areas w more than 1 million people
So Louisiana is out, no surprise. Betting Dallas or Denver, maybe Charlotte, except NC hates queers.
Posted on 9/7/17 at 8:20 pm to RummelTiger
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What would the truck nuts on F250's equivalent be for the Amazonians?
Would they hang nuts on Tesla's, or go a completely different route?
Im a go with a labia hanging from the tranny of their Prius.
Posted on 9/7/17 at 8:24 pm to moderate one
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Isn't that area prone to flooding?
Yes, but it would maintain their tradition of call center employees who don't speak English.
Posted on 9/7/17 at 8:26 pm to Bestbank Tiger
it's gonna be on the east coast. if I had to guess washiongton DC area
Posted on 9/7/17 at 8:29 pm to Mung
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So Louisiana is out, no surprise.
It's certainly out but that's not why. Baton Rouge metro is 850,000. New Orleans metro is around 1.15 million.
I'm guessing Boston or Philly suburbs.
Outside shot would be Pittsburgh or Austin.
This post was edited on 9/7/17 at 8:33 pm
Posted on 9/7/17 at 8:33 pm to LSUBoo
I'd bet a years salary it is either Greenville, SC or Austin, TX.
Posted on 9/7/17 at 8:53 pm to jbgleason
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The spread of liberal west coast monies continues like a plague across the US
Their money is fine, it's just the 50k lib voters they'll flood the area with that's the problem.
Posted on 9/7/17 at 9:25 pm to willeaux
Mitch will try to get a HUGE kickback
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