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re: Amazon chooses 20 finalists for its new headquarters
Posted on 1/18/18 at 9:17 am to 50_Tiger
Posted on 1/18/18 at 9:17 am to 50_Tiger
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I've considered Prosper but the tolls would KILL me.
Melissa is off 75 north of McKinney. We were looking at new construction 4-5 bedroom homes for like $250-300k.
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Posted on 1/18/18 at 9:20 am to YoungManOldMan
quote:Northern Virginia is made up of several counties and cities and there is plenty of land to build what they want and plenty of existing office space too
What is this...code for Fairfax? On what land is something like this going to be built.
quote:DC also has a lot of office space and undeveloped/industrial land to accommodate Amazon
Washington, D.C Again. What land.
Posted on 1/18/18 at 9:21 am to Placebeaux
quote:I mean rich PEOPLE don't really employ people
Liberals scream "They want to cut taxes on the rich!" because poor people hate on rich people but poor people dont put other people to work.
companies do. You want to cut corporate taxes, fine.
Posted on 1/18/18 at 9:24 am to HailToTheChiz
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was TOLD that Alabama was getting Amazon?!
Yeah there was a big cardboard box downtown and everything!
Posted on 1/18/18 at 9:26 am to Pilot Tiger
Rich people tend to sit on the boards of major companies. Id say it trickles down.
Posted on 1/18/18 at 9:26 am to Placebeaux
quote:not going to get into a political discussion on the OT but
Id say it trickles down.
Posted on 1/18/18 at 9:27 am to RedRifle
It's going to be Boston.
Posted on 1/18/18 at 9:28 am to StringedInstruments
Do not sleep on Columbus, Ohio. Columbus is the fastest growing city in the Midwest and has become a major logistics and distribution hub for many companies...including Amazon!! Columbus has something going for it that most cities on this list do not. Columbus is a 9 hour drive from 75 percent of the US population and including major cities in Canada. This is one of the biggest reasons why Columbus, Ohio's population is booming. Don't sleep on Columbus
This post was edited on 1/18/18 at 9:30 am
Posted on 1/18/18 at 9:30 am to TH03
yea one of the reasons it's going to be harder and harder for us to relocate to DFW is that my job would be in downtown Dallas
Posted on 1/18/18 at 9:34 am to RedRifle
It'll be Raleigh.
Posted on 1/18/18 at 9:38 am to blowmeauburn
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Dallas would seem like a no-brainer if they actually go by the criteria they put forth....but I doubt thats the really driving the decision.
I agree with this
Major metro population with major international air Hub, business and employee friendly tax climate, better cost of living for employees compared to northeast, land for whatever HQ facility they wanted to build...
but yeah, Boston and DC area check off some "cultural" boxes and are further away from Seattle
DFW, Atlanta, Boston, DC area are the only real players in this IMO despite the list of 20
Posted on 1/18/18 at 9:40 am to slackster
quote:when they set their official visits we'll get a clearer picture of who's really in contention
20 finalists? Are they a 5-star DT?
How are they trending on 247 crystal ball picks?
Posted on 1/18/18 at 9:43 am to Pilot Tiger
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Northern Virginia is made up of several counties and cities and there is plenty of land to build what they want and plenty of existing office space too
Exactly. The state didn't want to exclude any of the counties (Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, Alexandria, Prince William) so they made a joint (Nothern Va bid). But basically it's either Tysons or Dulles Corridor.
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DC also has a lot of office space and undeveloped/industrial land to accommodate Amazon
They offered them a huge strip on the Anacostia near RFK.
Posted on 1/18/18 at 9:43 am to Pilot Tiger
Posted on 1/18/18 at 9:45 am to RedRifle
No New Orleans? So removing the statues didn't work?
Posted on 1/18/18 at 9:45 am to RedRifle
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But basically it's either Tysons or Dulles Corridor.
Make Dulles Great Again
Posted on 1/18/18 at 9:47 am to RedRifle
quote:yea I think so too but I've heard rumblings of Crystal City being in the mix too
But basically it's either Tysons or Dulles Corridor.
quote:the park land?
They offered them a huge strip on the Anacostia near RFK.
I know they've been talking about what to do with RFK since it looks like the feds are going to let the city take it
Posted on 1/18/18 at 9:47 am to RedRifle
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Atlanta
Posted on 1/18/18 at 9:49 am to Dan Bilzerian
Amazon has 18 data centers in NOVA and are building more. That's probably why three locations in the area (NOVA, Montgomery County and DC) are on the ist.
Posted on 1/18/18 at 9:57 am to Winston Cup
quote:The city and state governments are bending over backwards to get it here. To be quite honest, I am not sure that the state government - currently Republican controlled - really wants to bring in 50,000 tech jobs that will most likely be filled by much more Democratic leaning employees and families.
Last I saw Vegas had Atlanta as the favorite
If Atlanta gets the HQ, I could see the state flipping from red to blue (it is already pretty purple due to the metro Atlanta area as is).
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