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Old 01-18-2018, 07:36 AM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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Austin and Dallas were selected as part of the 20 final candidates, Houston was eliminated. I suspect Houston was eliminated because the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey happened at the same time Amazon was making the selections. Houston will need to invest in infrastructure to prevent flooding if it's ever going to win these major deals:

https://www.businesswire.com/news/ho...Candidates-HQ2

- Atlanta, GA

- Austin, TX

- Boston, MA

- Chicago, IL

- Columbus, OH

- Dallas, TX

- Denver, CO

- Indianapolis, IN

- Los Angeles, CA

- Miami, FL

- Montgomery County, MD

- Nashville, TN

- Newark, NJ

- New York City, NY

- Northern Virginia, VA

- Philadelphia, PA

- Pittsburgh, PA

- Raleigh, NC

- Toronto, ON

- Washington D.C.
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Old 01-18-2018, 07:42 AM
 
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I thought Amazon was already buying land in Boston?
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Old 01-18-2018, 07:45 AM
 
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I thought Amazon was already buying land in Boston?
That's for operations already present there (Alexa).
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Old 01-18-2018, 07:45 AM
 
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Tbh, many of the '238' were not viable. The list of 20 is pretty close to the list of cities you would expect to be in the running anyway, so I am not sure it is that informative, really. Places like Houston being 'cut' is somewhat significant, I guess - did San Antonio bid? Or San Diego or Seattle?
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Old 01-18-2018, 07:52 AM
 
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Tbh, many of the '238' were not viable. The list of 20 is pretty close to the list of cities you would expect to be in the running anyway, so I am not sure it is that informative, really. Places like Houston being 'cut' is somewhat significant, I guess - did San Antonio bid? Or San Diego or Seattle?
The San Antonio mayor said "thanks but no thanks" basically to Bezos.

Houston bid and I'm surprised that Miami was chosen over Houston to be honest. Miami has the same weather related concerns. I guess it would be easier to lure candidates to Miami than Houston though?
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Old 01-18-2018, 07:54 AM
 
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LOL that is still more than the list that everyone thought they would be.

Very long short list. I hope austin doesnt try to up the ante on incentives.
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Old 01-18-2018, 08:06 AM
 
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LOL that is still more than the list that everyone thought they would be.

Very long short list. I hope austin doesnt try to up the ante on incentives.
Ah, but isn't that the point in publishing the list?
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Old 01-18-2018, 08:08 AM
 
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Very long short list. I hope austin doesnt try to up the ante on incentives.
You know the next phase is "okay we really like your city but this other city is giving these incentives and you aren't, can you revise your proposal?"
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Old 01-18-2018, 08:26 AM
 
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A list of 20 is narrowing nothing down. A list of 5 would have things narrowed down at this stage.
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Old 01-18-2018, 10:04 AM
 
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Tbh, many of the '238' were not viable. The list of 20 is pretty close to the list of cities you would expect to be in the running anyway, so I am not sure it is that informative, really. Places like Houston being 'cut' is somewhat significant, I guess - did San Antonio bid? Or San Diego or Seattle?
As Amazon HQ today is in Seattle, could be hard to get also second HQ there. But it would have synergies for sure
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