Amazon HQ? (Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg: tax, assess, business)

[Hannah5555]

Outstanding letter. "...colonize Europe."

[Pine to Vine]

Originally Posted by RightonWalnut

Where should Amazon build HQ2? We let the data decide



https://www.geekwire.com/2017/amazon...t-data-decide/

If you look at the actual tabulations, Philly is not 4th but tied for third with Boston and Chicago. Could anyone imagine that ranking as few as even 10 years ago.

[Pilot1]

Originally Posted by timeEd32

Denver also doesn't get half of their company on east coast hours / closer to Europe, which I do think is going to be a significant factor.

That isn't something I even thought of, but that is a very good point. I have to deal with time zones all over the world, but especially with Europe, and even being on the east coast can get dicey. When I lived in Denver, and had calls with Europe it was much worse.

[kyb01]

Originally Posted by timeEd32

That's not far off my list (except for Ottawa). The more I see/read/think about it Philly is easily one of the top 3-5 frontrunners. It's going to come down to how well the city/state makes the case and how far they are willing to go on concessions (which may need to include huge changes to the way businesses are taxed long term).

I know a lot of people are turned off by Amazon, one of the richest companies ever, making this a contest and that's totally fair. However, I think pretty much anything they want is totally worth it for most cities and especially Philly as it would be the injection it needs to jump up a tier.

Oddly lots of people are offended by success even when they know Amazon, or Starbucks for example, started very small, figured out how to snatch trends(coffee) or tech advances(Amazon).

[kyb01]

Originally Posted by Redddog

Good letter.

Wonder if they'll read it.

It's a wonderful letter and she addresses, though briefly, what they have to factor into where they go: climate change.

[BK_PHL_DEL]

Originally Posted by Hannah5555

"...colonize Europe."

Oh, the irony. Only 400 years later...lol

[kyb01]

Originally Posted by AJNEOA

I hope so. What worries me is that they have to meet Kenney, Clarke, and the rest of our backwards representatives.

Yeah, well, I brought that up wrt to the list I suggested for meetups. The only council person I had on that list was Allan Domb.

Ironically the gov of CO, former Denver mayor, grew up in Narberth.

[kyb01]

Originally Posted by Pine to Vine

If you look at the actual tabulations, Philly is not 4th but tied for third with Boston and Chicago. Could anyone imagine that ranking as few as even 10 years ago.

Absolutely not.

[Pilot1]

Originally Posted by kyb01

Ironically the gov of CO, former Denver mayor, grew up in Narberth.

Yep, Hickenlooper is a local native, graduate of the Haverford School, and was Mayor of Denver when I lived there. We are pretty much on opposite ends of the political spectrum.

[kyb01]

My gut is telling me that they already know where HQ2 is going. So what's this about? Just to mindf*ck communities? Anybody else have thoughts?