Did Amazon employees just tip the company’s hand on HQ2?

www.curbed.com ^ | Feb 20, 2018, 5:49pm EST | By Jeff Andrews

[knarf]

Screw this, Badger .... what are the Kardashians up to these days ????

[Dr. Ursus]

It’s seeding more demorcats!

[stonehouse01]

The last thing we need is Washington Post owner Bezos adding to his power in Virginia.

[a fool in paradise]

They can lobby Congress easier

[robroys woman]

I refrained earlier from politicizing this, but this location smacks of it, for all the obvious reasons.

[ptsal]

They can lobby bribe Congress easier and stay firmly attached to the teat of the treasury's sow.

[AppyPappy]

Yep, no traffic problems there.

[G Larry]

Yes.

Analysts last week projected it would be a political decision and the result would be the D.C. area or NY.

This seems like a lousy decision based upon quality of local airports and surface traffic.

[Red Badger]

[Red Badger]

If I were to pick a place for a east coast hub, I’d pick Jacksonville, FL................

[Red Badger]

As if they weren’t already seedy enough!.............

[VietVet876]

Too far south. I’d do it somewhere near Richmond. But definitely not in NVA.

[Red Badger]

Too many traffic problems in VA, bad weather in winter shuts down interstates and the housing costs are already sky high.

Jacksonville has good weather all year round, I-95 north and south and I-10 west, a huge SHIPPING PORT, An international Airport and lots of cheap land...................Florida has NO STATE INCOME TAX..........................

[relictele]

Not to mention some of the most horrid weather in the continental US in all four seasons.

[relictele]

Ah but they do have an income tax....when a sucker rents a car his income is confiscated!

[Ciexyz]

Bezos didn’t buy a mansion in Pittsburgh so I guess we’re out of the running.

[Buckeye McFrog]

If they want to relocate to traffic clogged, horrifyingly expensive Arlington, Virginia just because the local pols suck-up to climate change wackos, they’ll get what they deserve.

Jeff Bezos is a 100% made Swamp Monster at this point.

[I want the USA back]

Idle speculation. You’ll find out soon enough. If you desire an answer right away, you’ll get an answer, but not always the right one.

[WMarshal]

“This seems like a lousy decision based upon quality of local airports and surface traffic.”

Most East Coast airports are horrible, sad messes. JFK is a pit, Logan is a dump, and Atlantic City is podunk. Speaking of Atlantic City:
“The difference between Las Vegas and Atlantic City is the difference between getting conned by a beautiful call girl and getting mugged by a crack head.” ~Drew Carey

So much of East Coast infrastructure is decrepit crap.