OT*-Who do you think should get the Amazon headquarters?

[bikinchris]

Leaving aside the point that getting the second Amazon HQ, who do think should get it?
Some of the criteria:
Well educated populous
Bike paths and infrastructure
International Airport
Housing
Access to major roads

Boston is trying very hard, except they aren't offering deep tax breaks. If they get it they will be ahead of places like New Jersey, who is trying to give away the farm. Boston has MIT, Harvard etc. Decent public transportation, an old racetrack for a campus, I 93 and I 95.

Atlanta, Washington DC and others can match most of that.

Who do you guys think should get it?

[beeatnik]

Monterey, MX

[rwsaunders]

The NYT predicted Denver a while back...here's a link to the RFP.

https://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=17044620011

[Matthew]

Hopefully Grand Rapids, Michigan.

[hankchong]

Cincinnati

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[zzy]

I think a suburb of Denver. Doubt they'll go all the way to the East coast.

[Louis]

They'll go to whatever area's stupid enough to give them a huge tax break.

[bigbill]

Atlanta, GA and Charlotte, NC for the SE.
Cincinnati, OH for the East/Midwest.
I'd vote Cincinnati for the airport alone although it's in Kentucky. It was my favorite airport for international travel.

[Louis]

Originally Posted by bigbill

I'd vote Cincinnati for the airport alone although it's in Kentucky.

I've often wondered how this works - does Kentucky get all the tax revenue from the airport, or is there some sort of sharing agreement with OH / Cincinnati?

[Ken Robb]

I really hope it is NOT Chula Vista, CA. which abuts San Diego. Our orads are overcrowded and our homes are already VERY expensive. The last thing locals need is the addition of 50,000 employees earning an average of $100,000 a year and their families.

[pncguy]

Originally Posted by Louis

They'll go to whatever area's stupid enough to give them a huge tax break.

If this is true, and I can't imagine how it isn't, Denver is out of the running. I have heard "our" proposal has eight sites to choose from, but does not contain much - if any - tax relief. I'm not sure I dislike that approach, but it does make it less likely that we'll get it.

Of course, I just heard today that the Colorado unemployment rate is just 2.2%, which is the second lowest in the country. Ah. Just looked it up: North Dakota at 2.4%, Colorado at 2.5%...

https://www.bls.gov/web/laus/laumstrk.htm

[Schmed]

Please not Denver. Traffic is getting worse by the day and unemployment is 2.5%. I can't find anyone to hire as it is!

[adub]

Originally Posted by Ken Robb

I really hope it is NOT Chula Vista, CA. which abuts San Diego. Our orads are overcrowded and our homes are already VERY expensive. The last thing locals need is the addition of 50,000 employees earning an average of $100,000 a year and their families.

Ya a bunch of low paying employment would be much better for a local economy

[Ken Robb]

Originally Posted by adub

Ya a bunch of low paying employment would be much better for a local economy

g a bunch of

The area is OVERCROWDED now so an influx of 50,000 employees plus their families would make it much worse.

[Tickdoc]

Originally Posted by adub

Ya a bunch of low paying employment would be much better for a local economy

I'm w Ken, stay outa my town. I like our lack of traffic and cheaper housing.