re: Amazon seeking second headquarters for 50K employees

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there is no way on this earth that Northern Kentucky has the size/quality of educated workers has Northern Virginia or even Dallas. Not a chance in hell

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No, but if given the centralized location within Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana it's actually more ideal spot than one might think. For example, the combined land area of those 3 states is about 116,000 sq miles, the combined population is about 22.7 million, and the combined college enrollment (as of 2014) was about 1.26 million. That's roughly 196 people and 10.8 college students per square mile.

Texas, on the other hand, has a land area of about 261,000 sq miles with a population of about 27.9 million, and the college enrollment (2014) was about 1.44 million. That's roughly 107 people and 5.5 college students per square mile.

And beyond that, here is the drive time in hours from Cincinnati (in hours) to other major cities:

Chicago--4.5
Indianapolis--2
Columbus--1.75
Louisville--1.5
Cleveland--3.75
Nashville--4
Pittsburgh--4.5
Detroit--4

Compare that to DFW's drive time to major cities in its region:

Houston--3.5
San Antonio--4.25
OKC--3.25
Austin--3

So if attracting talent is a key, in many ways the area has some advantages over in terms of access to college students and other metro areas.