Quote:
Originally Posted by Davist
hope they don't choose Philadelphia... I like it here. 
NoVA is the largest data center / cloud location in the world, Dallas is 2nd for US business currently. If the play is for AWS, then these would bubble up I'm guessing. |
agreed
I like it here in Philly and can afford to live in even some of the fancier towns. Not sure i could do the same if Amazon were to move in
Quote:
Originally Posted by rwsaunders
|
the Crystal City decision is baffling and a nightmare. At least it could be argued that there's land to be reclaimed in Queens (e.g. Flushing Meadows or along one of the canals) for new sites.
Crystal City is literally less than 0.5 square miles. Its dimensions is (generously) 1 mile long by 0.4 mile wide. Traffic in that area is already an unmitigated nightmare, and now they want to add more to that area? I don't even know if they could fit 5000 people into Crystal City without some significant renovations...
The only people benefiting are the existing land owners in the area. I once rented a studio for ~1300/month in Pentagon City. If Amazon were to move in, i'd figure the place would now rent for ~1800.
The area also has quite a few feds, who can manage to make things work right now. Those who don't currently own will pretty soon find their salaries to be insufficient, thanks to Amazon moving in. It'd be an unmitigated disaster. And to think, they can have all the space they need if they build near IAD, and have access to an international airport, to boot...
Quote:
Originally Posted by fiamme red
|
amen to that
the thing is released just after the election, so nothing could be done about it, as it'd be fait accompali. Better yet, it gets buried in the news cycle.