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DC metro always seemed likely and the split hq2 makes sense as well. But NYC was very surprising to me. I think even more shocking then if Raleigh had been picked.
New York would really shock me too. They’d be wise to pick a mid country location like Dallas. Most people in the US can’t get too warm and fuzzy about DC or NYC. Is this his idea of choosing from his heart??? Both are bad choices IMO.
I can't imagine two worse locations, particularly Crystal City....there's no "there" there...I actually feel sorry for the people of NoVA. NYC, who knows what that means. It could mean anyplace within 10 miles of midtown....maybe Amazon feels like they should go somewhere that the COL is already out of control instead of imposing that on some unsuspecting city.
DC metro always seemed likely and the split hq2 makes sense as well. But NYC was very surprising to me. I think even more shocking then if Raleigh had been picked.
NYC was generally always a front runner. Go on the US forums and people from Chicago will set themselves on fire if you didn’t think they were a front runner. In the end, it seemed like Amazon wanted choo choo’s And very urban areas over anything. Especially since I think the cities that got more visits were DC, NYC, Chicago, Miami & Dallas.
It’s annoying they didn’t let people know sooner about split HQ. 25,000 is still a huge amount of jobs. Huge. But still. 🙄 well over a year.
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