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re: NYT: Amazon to split HQ2 between DC (Crystal City, VA) and NYC (Long Island City, Queens)
Posted on 11/6/18 at 8:07 am to Wally Sparks
Posted on 11/6/18 at 8:07 am to Wally Sparks
Can a non government related business run well in the DC area?
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Posted on 11/6/18 at 8:09 am to Dawgholio
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If you want to spend a fortune for a small place.
Something tells me amazon employees aren’t hurting. Also they can commute if they choose. Where could they live affordably close to a major city?
Posted on 11/6/18 at 8:11 am to East Coast Band
This makes a lot of sense
Split it and have a corporate building on the west coast, central, and east coast
Dallas and Virginia are rumored to be the winners.
Both have plenty of land and top 5 airports to get people anywhere in the world nonstop
The rumored spot in Dallas is south Lamar. It will be next to the bullet train that will get you to Houston in 80 minutes. Opens in 2022
Split it and have a corporate building on the west coast, central, and east coast
Dallas and Virginia are rumored to be the winners.
Both have plenty of land and top 5 airports to get people anywhere in the world nonstop
The rumored spot in Dallas is south Lamar. It will be next to the bullet train that will get you to Houston in 80 minutes. Opens in 2022
Posted on 11/6/18 at 8:25 am to lynxcat
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Shocked that NYC is being considered. Such an expensive place to do business
As compared to where? San Francisco?
Posted on 11/6/18 at 8:26 am to RedRifle
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Shocked that NYC is being considered. Such an expensive place to do business
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As compared to where? San Francisco?
Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Nashville, Charlotte, and so forth...
Posted on 11/6/18 at 8:30 am to East Coast Band
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Can a non government related business run well in the DC area?
Lockheed, Hilton, Capital One, General Dynamics, and Marriott all have "headquarters" in the DC area. Given that Amazon plans to split this operation, I find it hard to qualify this as a second headquarters - it's more like a glorified government affairs branch IMO.
Amazon wants to stay ahead of the federal government regulating their innovations, and sitting next door to Capitol Hill and the Pentagon is a good way to do it.
It personally makes me happy that I left the DC area before this could really boom. I don't believe the area has the infrastructure for this to not be a giant pain in the arse.
Posted on 11/6/18 at 8:34 am to Bluefin
Amtrak is going to be lit
Posted on 11/6/18 at 8:47 am to Wally Sparks
Great, so it will still take 3 days for my 2-day shipping with Prime to get to my front door 
Posted on 11/6/18 at 8:57 am to Wally Sparks
Better to keep those soy boys in blue states.
Posted on 11/6/18 at 8:59 am to Bluefin
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Amazon wants to stay ahead of the federal government regulating their innovations, and sitting next door to Capitol Hill and the Pentagon is a good way to do it.
Bingo.
Amazon is quickly becoming today's Ma Bell (like Google is for search), and they want to ramp up their ability to influence Washington.
Posted on 11/6/18 at 9:00 am to GeneralLee
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Better to keep those soy boys in blue states.
This is pretty stupid.
50,000 jobs. You think 50,000 people from out of state are taking those jobs? Of course not. The vast majority would be "locals."
Posted on 11/6/18 at 9:05 am to Dawgholio
I was just in Arlington. It was clean, with good public transportation and at no point did I feel unsafe. Having a hard time seeing how it’s terrible.
Posted on 11/6/18 at 9:10 am to usc6158
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As a current Arlington homeowner, I'm torn. 1, My current place would instantly skyrocket in value 2. I'd never be able to afford even a shanty again. Arlington home prices are already Bay Area absurd.
Same here.
OTOH, home prices near Innovation Center will calm back down. That was one of the areas being considered in NoVA.
Posted on 11/6/18 at 9:27 am to zacata88
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the promise of 50k jobs to boost the economy now seems like a slimy way to see who would grovel the most through tax breaks
Not really slimey.
It would be a net positive for the economy wherever they go. That is just capitalism and a win-win for all parties involved.
Posted on 11/6/18 at 9:28 am to LSUbase13
Try telling someone from Amazon you’re moving them to Nashville or Charlotte.
Posted on 11/6/18 at 9:29 am to usc6158
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As a current Arlington homeowner, I'm torn. 1, My current place would instantly skyrocket in value 2. I'd never be able to afford even a shanty again. Arlington home prices are already Bay Area absurd.
I live in Crystal City as well, I have 0 desire for the already congested traffic to have a surge of 25,000 or so more.
Posted on 11/6/18 at 9:31 am to Wally Sparks
I was thinking about moving to Crystal City next fall and getting out of DC. Now I'm pretty sure that's not going to happen. 
I'll probably have to go farther down the Yellow Line into Alexandria.
I'll probably have to go farther down the Yellow Line into Alexandria.
Posted on 11/6/18 at 9:32 am to RedRifle
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Try telling someone from Amazon you’re moving them to Nashville or Charlotte.
Yeah, the awesome city of Nashville with a vibrant restaurant, music, and bar scene. With a top notch school system in Williamson County.
Oh, and no state income tax.
They'd be furious.
Posted on 11/6/18 at 9:40 am to just1dawg
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I was thinking about moving to Crystal City next fall and getting out of DC
I love it.
Not in the city proper, but not so far away that it's difficult or takes too long to get into (in Fairfax for example).
Posted on 11/6/18 at 9:42 am to jlovel7
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Uh Arlington is a great place to live...
Uh Arlington was a great place to live...
I remember when traffic moved, when people had personal values, and when government jobs were serious workers, not on the make.
I wonder if he chose those two cities to send less performing employees as punishment.
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