Posted on 01/18/2018 2:56:07 PM PST by ItsOnlyDaryl
After fielding hundreds of pitches from cities across the U.S., Amazon has whittled the list of prospective homes for its second headquarters down to a relatively short 20.
According to a statement this week by the online retail giant, the $5 billion project known as HQ2 will be located in one of the following regions:
(Excerpt) Read more at scopenewsonline.com ...
Rumors around Georgia is it’s headed for the Gulch in Atlanta.
If it’s about logistics, they’ll add the East coast to complement the west. If it’s about corruption it will be in Illinois.
Why is Atlanta ever in the running? Have they seen the traffic nightmare there?
I’m surprised that neither Caldwell or Horsehoe Bend (Idaho) are on the list.
My son lives in Plano, TX and he says they are gearing up for the move. They just Got Toyota and he says the city is giving away the farm in abatements and tax discounts. Besides, NO state income tax!
ATL...... inside track
Any guesses how much the local ratepayer will have to chip in, in order to “win” this competition?
I think Philly probably has a good shot at it. They could absorb new workers in terms of housing etc with little problem. I think Nashville Raleigh etc are too small to deal with the housing price shock.
Chicago would be a decent bet too, and maybe Toronto if Amazon wants to give Trump the finger.
Why buy anything from Amazon anyway?
They support abortion. I won’t buy from them.
Raleigh does not have an international airport - same with Columbus.
Not just the locals. The whole frigging state. NYS pols are refusing to tell citizens what the pols have promised Amazon. NYS is over $4 bil in the hole. We can’t afford Amazon.
I hope we get it. We could use some money here.
The only problem is we have a 4% wage tax.
Infrastructure can’t handle current traffic.
Huh?
Where is “we?”
PHILLY IS THE BEST
AMTRAK CORRIDOR..
LOCAL SEPTA TRAIN BUS AND RAIL
I-95
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
PORT
DELAWARE RIVER
POCONOS NEARBY
AMAZON HAS A HIGH NUMBER OF WORKERS ON FOOD STAMPS THEY WILL FIT IN PERFECTLY IN PHILLY
They may be able to get away with being outside the ring somewhere in the greater atlanta area.
I think its gonna be Toronto because it meets all Amazon’s objectives and it isn’t in the United States.
Trudeau is Bezos’ kind of guy and Jeff will reward him.
Plano doesn’t have much space for something like that. Perhaps the old EDS or Perot facilities, but both are currently occupied. I don’t think there is enough space at the old TI facility that is being renovated. There are remnants from 3 or so family farms, but the old Owens farm in Richardson would make more sense.
Well, there is Collin Creek Mall. That would probably work nicely, now that I think of it.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.