I think this is a great idea. Those cities where they expect coal to magically return? Bring in Amazon. BOOM! Jobs.
Pleeeeaaasseee don't be Los Angeles. Here's rooting for texas! Go texas!!!!!!!
I'd also look for "airport hub" in the equation as well. Makes me think Dallas, Houston, or Atlanta. Could see Chicago or STL as well.
Im gonna go with northern virginia. Their primary aws datacenter is in my backyard, and we are already a pseudo east coast silicon valley. They have a full lease on the old booz allen building and the tech talent here rivals the valley (IMO)
I'd also look for "airport hub" in the equation as well. Makes me think Dallas, Houston, or Atlanta. Could see Chicago or STL as well.
I think this is a great idea. Those cities where they expect coal to magically return? Bring in Amazon. BOOM! Jobs.
This is exactly why Sac is a contender.
Amazons already basically taking the airport over with the air park and huge hub they're building
This is exactly why Sac is a contender.
Amazons already basically taking the airport over with the air park and huge hub they're building
My guess is Austin.
1) lots of land still available in the suburbs
2) low cost of living
3) next to a major university
4) Whole Foods already located there
5) can attract top talent due to decent weather most of the year, entertainment and food scene
6) centralized location
Honestly, that is why I don't think that Toronto would be the right choice. The city's so poorly planned it'd be an issue getting international talent to work there. Otherwise it'd be perfect.
Toronto needs to be a city of midrises, and get off the detached house cancer that's crushing it.
Which east coast cities both have a large talent base and are the ripest for extreme gentrification?
Maybe...Durham NC?
Though I could definitely see Bezos even more thoroughly gentrifying Boston.
Detroit or Cleveland, they could use it.
Pretty much what I was going to post. Good luck to whichever city they choose to fuck. Austin?If ruining one city wasn't enough.
And an area full of people who don't know how to do them
Your airport sucks though...
You might as well forget NC. I'm sure they wouldn't want to deal with the backlash.
Not great talent hubs.
Which east coast cities both have a large talent base and are the ripest for extreme gentrification?
Maybe...Durham NC?
Though I could definitely see Bezos even more thoroughly gentrifying Boston.
Backlash from whom?
Backlash from whom?
I hope they go the complete opposite way that everyone thinks they're going to go and just choose somewhere in West Virginia or lower Delaware. Places that depended on coal or nylon and the jobs( along with the factories) no longer exist. I hope they pick one of the dying/dead towns that almost everyone has seen at least one documentary on. I'd honestly like to see these businesses come to these areas and resurrect the local (and even the not local) area. Delaware specifically due to being on the east coast, access to shipping ports, and easy accessibility. The majority of Delaware is based off of branches from U. S. Route 13, which goes from Pennsylvania to North Carolina.
My guess is Austin.
1) lots of land still available in the suburbs
2) low cost of living
3) next to a major university
4) Whole Foods already located there
5) can attract top talent due to decent weather most of the year, entertainment and food scene
6) centralized location
They already have an Amazon office in Toronto. Unless you suggest they build a campus for themselves somewhere in the city.Gonna happen in GTA, Ontario. They got at least 10 facilities here in 50 miles radius.
The NC GOP legislature does awful things, such as HB2. (But truth be told, Texas is doing the same things, just not getting the same headlines.)
The LGBTQ community for one. That so called "repeal" didn't change the anger equation.
Honest question, how does Amazon ruin cities?
This is exactly why Sac is a contender.
Amazons already basically taking the airport over with the air park and huge hub they're building
To sum it up: gentrification.Brings in arguably already privileged people from other areas for high paying tech jobs, which drives up prices on everything ( Like when people say "It's all over when a whole foods opens" Amazon is literally whole foods), which in turns makes things too expensive for natives/people who aren't making upwards of $150k~ per household, and thus drives them out of their own communities. Then the schools become even more segregated, putting black and brown children in a worse situation than they already were in and they might as well actually paint a thick red line on the edges of town.
I agree the repeal was weak, but it seems to have mollified corporate America, so I don't see there being much backlash outside of the affected communities, unfortunately.
My guess is Austin.
1) lots of land still available in the suburbs
2) low cost of living
3) next to a major university
4) Whole Foods already located there
5) can attract top talent due to decent weather most of the year, entertainment and food scene
6) centralized location
That would put DFW in the highest of runnings, as DFW airport has more available space then any other airport in the US. It can still double its size and Dallas will invest in it if a business comes in like Amazon.