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Old 10-11-2017, 01:35 AM
 
Location: Chicago, IL
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FWIW, this study has Chicago at No. 2, behind NYC:

The AEG HQ2 Index: Which Cities Could Be at the Top of Amazon
I'm shocked that they included LA. Just bizarre.

Logistical nightmare (horrific traffic and sprawl), terrible public transit, and just a toxic city culturally (the stereotype of people there being phony and sleazy is mostly accurate).

 
Old 10-11-2017, 07:04 AM
 
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Agree the logistics of LA are laughable, but the people there are like every other city. Good, bad, snobby, humble, attractive, obese, locals, transplants, and everything in between. Just that there are 4 million of them in the city limits alone.

Amazon could draw incredibly qualified applicants in milliseconds no matter the location. And based on their dramatically dropping homicide and overall crime rates, I'm sure Bezos hasn't ripped up the RFP yet.
 
Old 10-11-2017, 01:07 PM
 
Location: Chicagoland
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I'm shocked that they included LA. Just bizarre.

Logistical nightmare (horrific traffic and sprawl), terrible public transit, and just a toxic city culturally (the stereotype of people there being phony and sleazy is mostly accurate).
Also, isn't the point of the 2nd HQ to be somewhere away from the West Coast?
 
Old 10-11-2017, 02:00 PM
 
Location: Cleveland, OH USA / formerly Chicago for 20 years
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I'm shocked that they included LA. Just bizarre.

Logistical nightmare (horrific traffic and sprawl), terrible public transit, and just a toxic city culturally (the stereotype of people there being phony and sleazy is mostly accurate).
It's a city of 4 million, metro area about 12 million, IIRC. I'm pretty sure that in all that population vastness, there are at least a few "regular folks" in there.
 
Old 10-11-2017, 03:15 PM
 
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I'm shocked that they included LA. Just bizarre.

Logistical nightmare (horrific traffic and sprawl), terrible public transit, and just a toxic city culturally (the stereotype of people there being phony and sleazy is mostly accurate).
Doesn't LA have a really bad mass transit system?

Amazon stated that they want good mass transit
 
Old 10-11-2017, 03:15 PM
 
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Also, isn't the point of the 2nd HQ to be somewhere away from the West Coast?
Yes, I bet LA has virtually no chance of being hq2
 
Old 10-19-2017, 04:34 PM
 
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"Why Jeff Bezos would be delusional to build Amazon HQ2 in Chicago"

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...5yGIPlt-lnKICB
 
Old 10-19-2017, 04:52 PM
 
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Doesn't LA have a really bad mass transit system?

Amazon stated that they want good mass transit
Yes and yes.
 
Old 10-19-2017, 04:53 PM
 
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http://www.chicagobusiness.com/artic...-for-amazon-hq
 
Old 10-19-2017, 09:02 PM
 
Location: Edmonds, WA
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"Why Jeff Bezos would be delusional to build Amazon HQ2 in Chicago"

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...5yGIPlt-lnKICB
Yeah we get it... crime taxes financial woes. Same refrain. This article is devoid of any analysis or weighing the different factors Amazon is looking for. But most egregiously, it dismisses Chicago's talent pool and ability to attract talent. It's just a bunch of curmudgeoning.
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