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Old 11-13-2018, 01:42 PM
 
Location: Beautiful Northwest Houston
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Houston is not on the latest list of 20 cities for 2nd Amazon HQ. :-(

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/comp...-20/ar-AAuQP8o

Now we know who the last 18 losers are....
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Old 11-13-2018, 07:44 PM
 
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Now we know who the last 18 losers are....
We now know who gets it.

https://www.npr.org/2018/11/13/66564...and-d-c-suburb

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Instead of building a massive second headquarters in one location, Amazon announced Tuesday that it would build two offices, one in New York City and another in Northern Virginia near Washington, D.C. The specific locations are the Long Island City neighborhood in Queens and Arlington, Va.

Amazon said it will invest a total of $5 billion and that each location would get more than 25,000 jobs, paying an average of more than $150,000. In Arlington, the jobs will be located in what Amazon called National Landing, a rebranded name for the neighborhood known as Crystal City near Reagan National Airport.
I don't think Houston ever really had a chance.
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Old 11-13-2018, 08:10 PM
 
Location: Beautiful Northwest Houston
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I don't think Houston ever really had a chance.
I don't think any City off the East Coast ever really had a chance...
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Old 11-14-2018, 09:16 AM
 
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Now we know who the last 18 losers are....
Easy for lobbying and closer to wall street.
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Old 11-18-2018, 08:28 PM
 
Location: C.R. K-T
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Easy for lobbying and closer to wall street.
Philadelphia is central to the two if only one site could be chosen. Centrality is Philly's selling point. But the gorgeous red-brick Colonial architecture--London on a grid plan--is another selling point.

The solution to companies like these is to not shop there. I don't shop at Walmart and Amazon. I try to buy in-store as much as possible, and rarely shop on-line unless it's the only way to obtain an item/part.
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Old 11-18-2018, 11:55 PM
 
Location: Houston
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Never was a real race

Someone wanted free wining and dining for a few months
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Old 11-19-2018, 09:19 AM
 
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The solution to companies like these is to not shop there. I don't shop at Walmart and Amazon. I try to buy in-store as much as possible, and rarely shop on-line unless it's the only way to obtain an item/part.
Not sure why I’d need a “solution to companies” like this. Amazon has increased my quality of life dramatically — I wish we had more companies like this. They’ve disrupted the entire retail industry, made free shipping a staple, given transparency on product quality through the reviews, given small companies a great route to sell product when getting shelf space at brick and mortar stores would be impossible.
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Old 11-19-2018, 09:32 AM
 
Location: Clear Lake, Houston TX
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given transparency on product quality through the reviews
I have a big problem with this point. Amazon has gotten increasingly worse over the years in this department and it isn't improving. Prices aren't necessarily the best deal anymore either. Shipping is always efficient and reliable and it is still convenient so I haven't boycotted, but I'm using them much less than I used to.
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