re: Only a few cities could actually accommodate Amazon's second HQ

If I am Amazon it would be Dallas or Nashville or Boston.

Atlanta's airport is big and busy but it is sort of an hinderance IMHO because it is so busy. Atlanta needs another airport to catch up with Dallas, Houston and Northeastern major cities. There just is no way to get in and out of Jackson Hartsfield quickly. I would not want my employees spending hours and hours parking and getting through the airport and waiting for delayed flights. A thunderstorm over ATL means hours of delays for thousands of people--more so than any other airport simply because of the number of flights coming and going. A second airport in Cobb county would help tremendously.

The other thing that factors in these deals that many people overlook is the taxes on the management's salary. A guy making several hundred thousand dollars year can't help but think of what a location will cost him personally. A Texas or Tennessee location would save him tens of thousands of dollars a year in personal income tax.

Boston has high taxes but it would be a great place to recruit and has good infrastructure.

Nashville has no personal income taxes, a good airport that has all the major airlines--they would simply add international flights as demand increases. The airport is not so large that hours are spent navigating the terminal.

Dallas is a world class city. The addition of Amazon would hardly tax the resources already in place in the metroplex.