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Calling the upstate area "Charlanta", local officials are hoping to have a snowballs chance among 238 other proposals across the US to land the new Amazon HQ2. It expects to invest more than $5 billion in construction and grow HQ2 to include as many as 50,000 high-paying jobs, according to a statement from Amazon.
It's a pipe dream. Greenville is not big enough nor is GSP in terms of number of flights and destinations. The mass transit Amazon is looking for is not here either.
The roads here are not being updated to handle the growth we have now. Landing something like this would put a strain on infrastructure and housing that would not be pleasant. There's a good reason Amazon steered the requirements towards large cities. If they were to somehow award the new headquarters to a smaller city I don't think it would work out well for the people who already live there.
Agreed. I was surprised yesterday when I read the article. It will not happen. The infrastructure just isn't here. However, the work done in preparing the bid may prove to be helpful for future efforts.
I would love this so much, but no. SC hasnt done the things to get us at that level yet. These are the projects i’d like to see the state strive for more though, instead of factory after factory. I like that a bid was put in no matter the odds.
I agree on in the infrastructure points. The bid will help expose our weaknesses and push our leaders to strive to make the appropriate course corrections for the future of our area.
There is a slim chance. I like that our leaders think big and go after things like this. They may not get this, but they'll get something big eventually.
I, for one, hope Amazon doesn't choose the GSP area. I witnessed what BMW caused in the way of changes and they brought in nowhere near the 50,000 jobs that Amazon is promising. Even with a very conservative estimate, we'd be looking at about 150,000 additional people, before any other supporting industries moved in. Problems with infrastructure, traffic, sprawl... all of the regularly posted complaints, would increase geometrically.
In my mind it's a formula for the destruction of everything we all find so appealing here. As a local, I've had few problems with the growth this area has seen in recent years, but the area's "quaint charm" and "relaxed ambience" will be the first casualties of what many would mistakenly call progress. I'd put my home on the market and find somewhere a little less crowded and a lot more user friendly to settle.
Thinking Atlanta may get this (which might even benefit the Upstate)
This is what I was thinking. Atlanta ticks many of the boxes for Amazon's requirements.
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