Could Atlanta be in the running for second Amazon headquarters? (Dallas: places to live, beaches)

[jhtrico1850]

https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/...g-amazons.html

Betting website Paddy Power puts Atlanta’s odds of landing Amazon’s $5 billion second headquarters or 'HQ2' at two-to-one, beating Austin (3-to-1) and Boston (6-to-1).

Among the sites being considered are

1. The Gulch, a 120-acre site around Philips Arena and CNN Center;
2. Assembly, a redevelopment of the former General Motors plant in Doraville;
3. the former Fort McPherson Army base; a site near Hartsfield-Jackson;
4. a site in Midtown and on the Westside.
5. Two sites outside the I-285 loop are also in play.

The Gulch, a 120-acre site around Philips Arena and CNN Center, is said to be the city of Atlanta’s “primary site,” according to a source.

[bu2]

Originally Posted by primaltech

So, in other words, 1/3 the size of Atlanta. That's firmly mid-sized.

If you consider Pittsburg, Cleveland, Portland and Cincinnati "mid-sized," ok. I think of Tulsa, Knoxville or Omaha when I think "mid-sized."

[Pemgin]

Yeah dude #30 MSA is mid-sized.

[krogerDisco]

Originally Posted by arjay57

What about the ATL with Emory, Tech, Georgia State, AUC, and so forth? We are crawling with college students.

Not like Austin, trust me. ATL students tend to stick to their campus. In Austin, the whole downtown is a student's playground.

[Gulch]

Originally Posted by krogerDisco

Not like Austin, trust me. ATL students tend to stick to their campus. In Austin, the whole downtown is a student's playground.

When I was at both GSU (undergrad) and Tech (grad school), we definitely didn't stay on campus.

[Mutiny77]

Originally Posted by krogerDisco

Not like Austin, trust me. ATL students tend to stick to their campus. In Austin, the whole downtown is a student's playground.

So an overgrown college town, Athens on steroids? Bleh, they can have it.

[krogerDisco]

Originally Posted by Gulch

If a Fortune 500 corporation is relocating to a town based on this criteria, their CEO should be fired.

It's those young quirky bunches that made these companies. If these companies start enforcing suits and ties, the company has "jumped the shark". Typically, west coast companies are more laid back. I think Amazon wants to have a culture that is like that so it is more inventive and creative. Seriously, what is IBM today?

[krogerDisco]

Originally Posted by Mutiny77

So an overgrown college town, Athens on steroids? Bleh, they can have it.

That's the way they want it. Their motto is "Keep Austin weird."

[krogerDisco]

Originally Posted by Gulch

When I was at both GSU (undergrad) and Tech (grad school), we definitely didn't stay on campus.

They must be "undercover". You can't swing a stick without hitting a student in Austin.

[cqholt]

Originally Posted by krogerDisco

Not like Austin, trust me. ATL students tend to stick to their campus. In Austin, the whole downtown is a student's playground.

But Atlanta has Uber!