re: Amazon seeking second headquarters for 50K employees

It's going to be Austin.

What's another 50,000 transplants?

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Because we swang our Big D everywhere

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There is obviously reasons why Dallas metro is so large, growing so fast, and home to many major companies.

That being said, it's already one of the most heavily congested cities (for traffic). And even though 50,000 (plus any other jobs that result) would have a smaller increase relative to the current population than other cities (Charlotte, Nashville, Columbus, Cincinnati etc.); however, those cities have only 1/3 to 1/2 of the congestion. Even the greater relative increase would still make it far less than Dallas.

I don't know if that would even play a role, but all else being equal, and if I was a company looking to build a HQ that would cause significant growth in an area, and I see that Dallas already has 60 hours of traffic congestion compared to 22.1 for Columbus, 23.4 for Charlotte, 33.6 for Nashville, and 24.1 for Cincinnati, then I may consider those areas with more capacity to handle to growth.

Of course, even if that is a consideration, I'm sure it's a ways down the list.

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Within a five hour drive of Cincinnati, you've got the following institutions:

Northwestern
U of Chicago
U of Michigan
Case Western Reserve
Carnegie Mellon
Notre Dame
Vanderbilt
Washington University at St. Louis
Indiana
Ohio State
U of Illinois
Purdue

And plenty of other schools like Xavier, U of Cincinnati, UK, UL, Miami OH, etc. Talent wouldn't be the issue at a place like that.

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Since I spent countless times driving through Cincinnati either to or from Knoxville, as it was about a half way point from home, I can't allow you to forget yet University of Tennessee.

Probably Austin or the triangle in NC

I'd guess somewhere in the midwest. The east coast is too crowded and expensive. The south doesn't have the talent. All the major cities in Texas are too big or too far away from talent.

I'm going to guess Columbus, OH. Outside shots would be Grand Rapids, MI (size), Nashville, TN (size), Minneapolis, MN (location).

I think they'd do well to consider metros that are a little smaller that are in the right location to attract talent. Like Greensboro, NC or Dayton, OH.

Or maybe Bezos will find Jesus and put it in Pineville.

but, but, but seattle is a liberal paradise. why would anyone want to leave that utopian society?

100% it will be tx or nc

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but, but, but seattle is a liberal paradise. why would anyone want to leave that utopian society?

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Did you miss the part where it is a second headquarters?

They're not leaving Seattle. Just expanding.

It would have to be in a city with a major airport that is relatively impervious to severe weather. I'm thinking Dallas or Atlanta would make sense from an operational perspective.

There is no way something like this would come to Louisiana. Have you looked at the population trends in this state? Who would fill those jobs? Not happening.

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they could have expanded in seattle but deliberately chose not to.

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Or, you know, it's logistically advantageous to have another location in a different part of the country...

But yeah, I'm sure it has more to do with Seattle being so liberal. They really haven't been thriving as a business there.