The Nation Courts Amazon for HQ2

[DBdude]

I hope they decide soon, so I can stop reading about how it is coming to Tampa.
The Business Journal here has an article every damn day about it.
I have seen their tactics- they bring their own out of state contractors in, buy the material out of state, etc.
The only "jobs" they have created here are minimum wage jobs.
Obviously, an HQ would be different, but I really don't want them here.
I think it would kill the culture, and every bozo would bow to their every demand.
Couple that with all the millennial dickheads on fixies that I would have to run over, and it is a bad deal all around.

tampa culture - is that by definition an oxymoron

[::: :::]

The water pipes you mean? That's Flint, not Detroit.

always plagued by details...


(thx, that's exactly it, but i'm still plugging detroit...they could use a break)

[Rideski]

Anyone have a handy link to a study of what types peripheral business are benefited (if any) from a company like this moooving to town?

[Rideski]

As far as 50k people hypothetically moving here that's a drop in the bucket of how many flock, or stampede I mean, here annually anyway...

[single]

Anyone have a handy link to a study of what types peripheral business are benefited (if any) from a company like this moooving to town?

ping pong table manufacturers link

[shroom]

I don't think you have a fucking clue what you're talking about.

No correct that.. I know that you don't.

that was a good one

[RShea]

Boston = very expensive and enough property would be hard and very expensive to come by. But is setting up shop just across the border in NH a possibility? Not that I want 50,000+ more people clogging up I-93 between me and Boston the next time I want to go there.

No location in New Hampshire would come close to many of the requirements Amazon is listing for the potential city it selects. Population base is one of the items. Population base of over 1 million for 1, and then "The site should, however, be within two miles of a major highway and have access to mass transit. It should also be near a top university" So while New Hampshire has a few Universities that meet the requirements (Dartmouth as one example), they also want a major International airport within 45 minutes (so Boston International would mean southern NH if the population base was expanded to include MA to meet their requirements.)

[Rideski]

Interesting brief bezos bio on wiki. I had never read about him. Interesting corollary to the thread that started about bad ass dads and Carnegie upthread here. It didn't talk about how much Lawrence Preston Gise helped him out but that's amazing Bezos struck it rich in a technology his grandfather helped pioneer.

[BmillsSkier]

Can we get a pool going or something?

Pick-em broken into tiers?

Straight predictions?

Shoot the moon winner, as in if Cowfart wins?

[Svengali]

This Is What Really Happens When Amazon Comes to Your Town

[SB]

Or just build a giant airship and float it wherever they please
https://www.cnbc.com/2016/12/29/amaz...es-patent.html

I like that idea but airships have a bad habbit of crashing and that would be a buzzkill.

[BmillsSkier]

I like that idea but airships have a bad habbit of crashing and that would be a buzzkill.

Oh the hu-moooo-naty!!!!!

[JimmyCarter]

Oh the hu-moooo-naty!!!!!

In related news:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...0-8782723.html

[dtown]

Will be interesting...5 final front runners will probably be NYC, Atl, Dallas, Chicago and the blimp.

Chicago checks all boxes and the govt is corrupt enough to offer a package to Amazon that would make it dumb not to go there

NYC is same as Chicago but much more expensive

Dallas doesn’t have them mass transit and wonder if City vibe/ culture comes into play and if so they don’t stand a chance because that city sucks.

Atl has shitty mass transit and the traffic already sucks but does that really matter?

Atl is my guess as the winner.

[FLS]

Oh the hu-moooo-naty!!!!!

I'm going to steer clear of that one.

[alias_rice]

I'm going to steer clear of that one.

Terrabull joke.

[iceman]

I'm going with Bulltamooore. Big rail center, major port, N/S and E/W interstates, good very expandable airport (already a Southwest hub), commuter rail/subway, regional tech talent, universities and hospital centers galore, cheap open land in scenic waterfront locations, state willing to bend over backwards...

[Mazderati]

Seems like Toronto has a strong position with Express Entry for immigrants. Surprised Philadelphia isn't mentioned more.

[GoldMember]

I read somewhere (can't seem to find it now) that Austin appears to be a front-runner. But that could just be someone else's best guess without any insider information.

[PNWbrit]

insider information.

There is no insider info. Trust me.

[Harry]

I read somewhere (can't seem to find it now) that Austin appears to be a front-runner. But that could just be someone else's best guess without any insider information.

Uhhh... That was the OP.

[hatchgreenchile]

I read somewhere (can't seem to find it now) that Austin appears to be a front-runner. But that could just be someone else's best guess without any insider information.

I don't think that aligns with "Keep Austin Weird"

[GoldMember]

Uhhh... That was the OP.

No, this was it. http://www.businessinsider.com/amazo...-texas-2017-10

[GoldMember]

There is no insider info. Trust me.

I believe you. After finding the Business Insider article, it's Moody's best guess based on the data analysis.

[BmillsSkier]

I find it more than a little disappointing that the endless news stories on HQ2 today have absolutely zero cow references.