Miami in Running for Amazon HQ2 (internship, metropolitan area, areas)

[WrongStreet]

Miami is not likey an option. I would think somewhere like Dallas, DC, or NY/NJ are the more likely winners.

[boxus]

Miami never was a feasible contender, and I do not think Miami should be dumping resources into trying to be some city that attracts these kinds of facilities. I do not know why Miami (and other cities) constantly always have to look at NYC or Silicon Valley as some sort of bar for them, and then try to emulate those areas.

Miami needs to concentrate on what it has now, and leverage itself in those areas. First thing it can do it fix the awful mass transit system it has. For a city this size, we have terrible traffic and a comical mass transit system. I can go on and on about issues Miami needs to fix just to address what industries Miami has now (so we do not lose them at the minimum, attract more as a goal), let alone trying to attract the HQ of a company like Amazon.

[MisterNY]

Originally Posted by boxus

Miami never was a feasible contender, and I do not think Miami should be dumping resources into trying to be some city that attracts these kinds of facilities. I do not know why Miami (and other cities) constantly always have to look at NYC or Silicon Valley as some sort of bar for them, and then try to emulate those areas.

Miami needs to concentrate on what it has now, and leverage itself in those areas. First thing it can do it fix the awful mass transit system it has. For a city this size, we have terrible traffic and a comical mass transit system. I can go on and on about issues Miami needs to fix just to address what industries Miami has now (so we do not lose them at the minimum, attract more as a goal), let alone trying to attract the HQ of a company like Amazon.

Very well said.


Sadly mass transit doesn't even seem to be on people's minds. You never hear it mentioned down there. And going down there recently, traffic has gotten worse. I know Atlanta traffic is no walk in the park, but neither is Miami/Ft. Lauderdale. It's almost just as bad.

[OptimusPrime69]

Agree that Miami is a poor contender for a headquarters like this. I imagine almost anywhere else would be a better option... places like Atlanta, Dallas, and as others have mentioned New Jersey.

[cutiger79]

As someone that works in the tech industry already Amazon coming here would be awesome, but it's highly unlikely. Based on everything I've read Amazon wants the city it chooses to meet a few requirements and Miami definitely fails at some those. Not to mention Miami/South FL as a whole isn't considered a great location for most tech companies since the heat humidity which are bad for any company with a substantial server farm onsite (even if the bulk of that can be elsewhere they'll still need a lot of servers locally) and hurricanes which can be disruptive to a 24/7 global business of their nature.

[ruski]

Originally Posted by cutiger79

As someone that works in the tech industry already Amazon coming here would be awesome, but it's highly unlikely. Based on everything I've read Amazon wants the city it chooses to meet a few requirements and Miami definitely fails at some those. Not to mention Miami/South FL as a whole isn't considered a great location for most tech companies since the heat humidity which are bad for any company with a substantial server farm onsite (even if the bulk of that can be elsewhere they'll still need a lot of servers locally) and hurricanes which can be disruptive to a 24/7 global business of their nature.

Actually the dry air is worse, static electricity et al. But it's not like the servers would be sitting out in the element. The data centers are perfectly equipped to create just the right conditions.

And also there are many datacenters in South Florida.

[bmw335xi]

It's going to Atlanta... watch and see! I've been saying it from the start.

[Marc Middleton]

Everyone wants a piece of Amazon...some more embarrassingly than others:

"Tucson officials, with an airport one-tenth as busy as Seattle’s, mailed the company a 21-foot cactus to get its attention.

Stonecrest, Ga., with a total population barely larger than Amazon’s Seattle workforce, offered to de-annex 345 acres of its land and rename it “the City of Amazon.”

Kansas City Mayor Sly James purchased 1,000 items on Amazon.com and rated them all five stars. "

[valicky]

Originally Posted by truthislikepoetry

Jeff Bezos (like most millionaires) is an honest man. A man of his intellect would not be Ok with underpaying his employees unlike the so called Miami "business men", who are pure scammers.

By the way, did you guys know the following ?

Bezos went to High School in Miami

His stepfather was born in Havana and came to the US at 15.

It's common knowledge that Bezos has ties to Miami. Even so, there's no way that the 2nd HQ would be put here. About 90% of the U.S. would have to disappear before Miami would be considered. Amazon probably already knows where they're going. This bidding just helped them get more out of the city that's most likely, already been picked.

[Jimrob1]

Originally Posted by bmw335xi

It's going to Atlanta... watch and see! I've been saying it from the start.

I agree. Amazon really has no other choice. Definitely not Florida. The majority of the US wouldn't work, for a number of reasons.