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All of you posting about D.C. forgetaboutit. You have top 3 traffic congestion and more expensive land/COL than Seattle. Warehouse space where? You aren't a hub-city for any airline. Intermodal? Nah. East of the Mississippi, Philly, Raleigh and Atlanta should be the top choices due to COL, transportation ease, better weather (NC and GA). I would go for Philly or Raleigh along the eastern seaboard.
Again, no it's not. Amazon's Seattle campus is downtown, but you can't compare Seattle to DC in terms of miles because Seattle is a bigger city than DC to begin with (DC is 61 sq mi vs Seattle's 84 sq mi). The only ones saying anything outside of DC is far are the ones who don't have cars and hardly leave DC. There are people who commute from West Virginia daily to drive into DC for work, so 25-30 miles from the city is hardly far.
Many Fortune 500 companies are HQ'd in NoVA already, so I'm not sure why you'd think Amazon building a campus in NoVA would be considered that far out. These companies are already moving out to the Fairfax/Loudoun areas whether you want to admit it or not, it's already happening.
The overwhelming majority of those companies listed are NOT Fortune 500 companies. Mars likely would be but its family-owned/private. Capital One is. Some are well known but not large enough to qualify. I lived in D.C. very VERY few was driving from West VA. We are talking 120 miles daily roundtrip, a minimum of 30,000 miles annually.
Amazon said these employees will be high up on the pay scale. I'm sure they will get paid enough to absorb any high cost of living.
Just like Amazon is factoring in COL, why would they SERIOUSLY want to move to a more expensive metro than Seattle? Name me the last time a major corporation moved significant staff to a HIGHER cost area than where they left? Amazon is keeping D.C, NYC, Boston in the mix SOLELY for marketing and negotiation reasons.
Agreed that’s why I’m siding with Newark if Amazon even gives the NYC metro a chance!
The ONLY other rival is metro NYC!? LMAO. Take off those pompous Rose-Colored glasses. I sure hope once Amazon makes a choice they list in order of preference where metro D.C. and metro NYC place.
Atlanta has a compelling case. They are at the top of a lot of lists. THeir two issues are a not-so-liberal state political environment and traffic. Everyone has heard about Atlanta's traffic. I passed through on vacation once and it took us literally 40 minutes to go 2 miles. And that was just on a random day. Nothing special going on in town.
That's also the issue with D.C. I've lived in both metro areas. Both are similar in that core city is smaller than the suburbs in population. metro D.C. has more public transportation but also a million more people plus you got Baltimore 40-45 miles away, adding to congestion. That's why it outranks Atlanta in bad traffic. Now I give metro D.C. the edge in at least trying real hard compared to Atlanta but weather and cost of living beat it. Also D.C. has two airports whereas Atlanta has one, so there is more convenience.
That's also the issue with D.C. I've lived in both metro areas. Both are similar in that core city is smaller than the suburbs in population. metro D.C. has more public transportation but also a million more people plus you got Baltimore 40-45 miles away, adding to congestion. That's why it outranks Atlanta in bad traffic. Now I give metro D.C. the edge in at least trying real hard compared to Atlanta but weather and cost of living beat it. Also D.C. has two airports whereas Atlanta has one, so there is more convenience.
Just like Amazon is factoring in COL, why would they SERIOUSLY want to move to a more expensive metro than Seattle? Name me the last time a major corporation moved significant staff to a HIGHER cost area than where they left? Amazon is keeping D.C, NYC, Boston in the mix SOLELY for marketing and negotiation reasons.
Name any company that has moved to NYC, Boston, LA, San Francisco, D.C., etc.
The ONLY other rival is metro NYC!? LMAO. Take off those pompous Rose-Colored glasses. I sure hope once Amazon makes a choice they list in order of preference where metro D.C. and metro NYC place.
It’s only sun glasses to you because you have poor comprehension. Get off that NYC sack and understand what’s being said.
Not sure where you got the “the only rival is a NYC metro” rant from. NYC most likely won’t get Amazon so I’m rooting of Newark/DC/Philly!
The overwhelming majority of those companies listed are NOT Fortune 500 companies. Mars likely would be but its family-owned/private. Capital One is. Some are well known but not large enough to qualify. I lived in D.C. very VERY few was driving from West VA. We are talking 120 miles daily roundtrip, a minimum of 30,000 miles annually.
Keyword, you LIVED in DC. You don't now. DC is very much different even 2 years ago than it is today.
That's also the issue with D.C. I've lived in both metro areas. Both are similar in that core city is smaller than the suburbs in population. metro D.C. has more public transportation but also a million more people plus you got Baltimore 40-45 miles away, adding to congestion. That's why it outranks Atlanta in bad traffic. Now I give metro D.C. the edge in at least trying real hard compared to Atlanta but weather and cost of living beat it. Also D.C. has two airports whereas Atlanta has one, so there is more convenience.
I don't think Amazon cares about COL or traffic congestion. That isn't really their problem.
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