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I would say Boston is the best choice. That way there is an Amazon HQ on the east and west coasts of America.
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01-20-2018, 02:13 PM | #48 |
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01-20-2018, 09:16 PM | #49 | |
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And city (in)stability was one of Amazon's criteria. Taxes weigh heavily on that. Sure Amazon will receive a 10-year abatement on property taxes but what happens after? You can't relocate a $5 billion hdqrs and 50,000 employees overnight. |
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01-21-2018, 11:02 AM | #50 | |
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Amazon isn't a unitary company. At this point, it is more properly considered a consortium. An empire of separate and distinct businesses and facilities scattered all over the world. There is no significant advantage to having all HQ staff in one city, one time zone. Or even one country. (Toronto!) HQ2 is most likely a prelude to future moves. Like a split between the retail and technology functions. Or the growth in business to business or in personal services. Or in their international operations. Maybe all of the above. |
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01-21-2018, 11:40 AM | #51 |
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01-21-2018, 11:41 AM | #52 | |
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If the local government of one of the proposed cities, is contemplating tax changes, mandatory wage increases or green initiatives Amazon will take a hard look at them and may reject them. Amazon will demand guarantees not promises. |
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01-21-2018, 12:44 PM | #53 |
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I can't see it coming to Boston, our infrastructure is a mess. Crumbling highways and bridges, as well as an ancient public transportation system that is going to take YEARS to make right. DC's public transportation is in just as bad shape, and it's much younger than Boston's.
They built these systems but never bothered to think that things needed to be maintained, changed and updated, and the money is tight to put into what needs to be done. So they are doing it piecemeal. |
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Then we have idiot train operators that forget to set brakes on trains so they go flying out of the station with no one on them to control them! So they have to cut power to the entire system to get the train to stop. Those same trains have to go over a 112 year old bridge that someone finally realized was in need of desperate maintenance, which they are now working on. I truly hate to think about even more people utilizing it. Unless Amazon is going to cough up a lot of money to help us fix all this I say go somewhere else! Last edited by cfrizz; 01-21-2018 at 08:53 PM. |
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https://www.cnet.com/news/amazon-may...d-of-just-one/ It seems the top choice--Northern Virginia's Crystal City, by latest reports--isn't up to hosting the full planned capacity. So they're looking to split the expansion. Quote:
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This WSJ via MSN piece has more details on the rationale and logistics.
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I've been to Crystal City and it is a great business-focused project with its own metro station and an underground mall beneath it. nice hotel, too. Too small to accommodate 50,000 jobs with little room for expansion but there's plenty of space available right now so it makes sense it would still be in the running and it explains the split. Looks like 2B might be either Texas or NYC. Not sure the rationale for NY unless Amazon is looking to tap Wall Street for AWS contracts or looking to get into biotech. Texas could mean all sorts of new business, not just AWS contracts but Texas has a *lot* of businesses for AWS to tap into. Or, maybe they are thinking of splitting AWS work, letting Crystal City handle customer acquisition and support and the other campus (Texas) handle R&D. Lots of ways a split makes sense if its AWS-focused. The whole HQ2 thing is now looking to be driven by AWS so getting it out of Seattle (and away from Microsoft) makes sense. Otherwise they would be fighting over the exact same new hires. Of course, this big of an AWS expansion (even if only one of the two campuses turns out to be AWS driven) means they expect even more growth in their computing business. That would explain IBMs panic buy of RED HAT at a 60% premium. They're already way behind AWS and Azure and even Google in the cloud business. At least it'll be a relief to the publishing/media establishment that Amazon's not growing in their direction. For now. Last edited by fjtorres; 11-06-2018 at 07:16 AM. |
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Darn. I was hoping it would be Chicago. I really want one of those grocery stores!
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Report: Amazon picks New York and Northern Virginia for HQ2
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