re: Amazon chooses 20 finalists for its new headquarters

Heart says Denver, head says Boston

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The back story is Chalmette turned them down last week.

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they would have had to build down the road... Not enough room here

Baw there was no way amazon was going there.

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frick our government. Louisiana should be trying their hardest to get businesses to invest here. Instead our two biggest cities are speaking truth to power and our state government is trying to backlog and collect nonexistent taxes from last year.

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Florida's governor was in NOLA recently speaking to businesses about the tax advantages of moving there

Advocate

Pittsburgh should get it. They really need the economic boost more than the rest.

Louisiana government needs to learn how to budget. Its not the taxes that need to go up its the allocation of those taxes that needs reform.

Dallas, Atlanta, and Boston have to be the top 3 in the running. The cost of labor in Boston should be a major deterrent albeit the talent in the area is unsurpassed in the world.

Both Atlanta and Dallas check basically all of the boxes. I cannot imagine public transport being at the top of their requirements list (i.e., yes it is on the list but they have not provided their priorities in order).

If I'm Bezos, then I'm thinking the following are my top priorities:

1a. City large enough to attract and fill 50,000 highly educated positions
1b. Educated workforce in the surrounding region
3. Affordability of the location (land, people cost)
4. Government incentives
5. Cultural fit

Things like a major airport or the location of existing DCs are givens for cities large enough to absorb HQ2. Those are not points of differentiation for the analysis.

Dallas has another unique variable since WFM in is Austin. HQ2 in Dallas provides a longer-term option of consolidating the offices in Dallas. I doubt this would be a part of the initial plans but it would definitely be a sweetener for anyone in corporate looking for 'synergies'.

I really thought New Orleans had this one in the bag.

Don't understand all the downvotes on your posts.

If Amazon wants to be near a major university then Columbus clearly fits the bill with Ohio State.

(That may also explain how Raleigh made the list with Research Triangle and Duke/NC State/UNC all in that area.)

SRT. My office is in farmers branch and I used to live in McKinney. It was a nightmare in rush hour to go up 35 and then up SRT. It's mainly Carrollton, but Lewisville is to the north.