Could Atlanta be in the running for second Amazon headquarters? (Dallas: real estate market, pharmacy)

[fieldm]

Originally Posted by JoeP

Of course not all cities are equal. Nobody has said that. Nobody.

However, the inferring or suggesting that Atlanta is a clear winner are not based on facts and it's silly.

Ok. Imo it's in the top 3 with Chicago and Boston

[JoeP]

Yes, in your opinion.

I happen to think that it's in a group seriously considered, but based that we NOTHING other than the RFP, let alone how the mix of criteria and what each city can offer (plus corp welfare), we have no idea.

[fieldm]

If you say so

[JoeP]

It's not about what I say.

Amazon put out a RFP. We don't know what the result will be.

We know that no city is perfect, but we do know that several cities offer a lot of what the RFP asks for.

That's it. That's where we are.

[satchseven]

your traffic issues going to kill you, imagine 40,000 more cars trying to come in the city or going to the northside suburbs.traffic sucks there now

[fieldm]

Originally Posted by satchseven

your traffic issues going to kill you, imagine 40,000 more cars trying to come in the city or going to the northside suburbs.traffic sucks there now

The location will be near MARTA.

By using your standards every city with more than 3 million people would not win

[mslhu]

Originally Posted by JoeP

I simply don't get the "shocked" statements. There are many great cities where this could land.

In fact, I don't see how anyone can view any specific city as a "shocked if it doesn't win" city.

C'mon, they've got a nice airport, what else do you need?

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by satchseven

your traffic issues going to kill you, imagine 40,000 more cars trying to come in the city or going to the northside suburbs.traffic sucks there now

That's a drop in the bucket for us, assuming these people are spread out enough.

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by JoeP

I simply don't get the "shocked" statements. There are many great cities where this could land.

In fact, I don't see how anyone can view any specific city as a "shocked if it doesn't win" city.

Good point.

I'll take back the "shocked" comment. What I meant to say was that if Amazon is looking for a second HQ in this part of the country Atlanta would be a perfect fit.

[SAAN]

Originally Posted by fieldm

The location will be near MARTA.

By using your standards every city with more than 3 million people would not win

Look how many car drive into ATL from the suburbs now, I seriously doubt they will start taking MARTA just for Amazon, unless Amazon has little to no parking and forces employees to do so.