Raleigh's Bid for Amazon HQ2 (Durham, Cary: place to live, metro, population)
Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, CaryThe Triangle Area
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Amazon is not that different from any other successful high tech company.
The cost is Always an issue. And a big one.
Yes but don't forget they will be receiving huge tax breaks wherever they choose which will significantly minimize costs for the buildout. There is no reason for them to choose a random surburban campus in a small city when they can go big in a more internationally known city. As you can tell from what I posted and what Bezos has said in one of the articles their employees want to be "in the urban core".
Their South Lake Union campus alone is probably most of the size of downtown Raleigh.
All of these analyses are worthless. The only one that means squat is Amazon's.
Especially one written by a bank based out of North Carolina that has everything to gain if they move here. Funny that they won't reveal their methodology, would have expected a more legit answer from them at least.
The food thing is not common knowledge its just something I have been told about him. A Seattle blog I read says it's DC, but who knows. It makes more and more sense given their new push into Healthcare and lobbying efforts overall. And the food in DC is really great ta boot.
We combined each of these factors to create an overall index comparing the finalist cities. Austin, Boston and Raleigh fared well on almost every metric.
I'm pulling for Pittsburgh. Great town with a lot to offer. Lots of buildable land outside the city center too for growth, unlike some of the other finalists.
Austin is a fine choice too but seems a little too small. I would think Raleigh would edge out over them.
I'm pulling for Pittsburgh. Great town with a lot to offer. Lots of buildable land outside the city center too for growth, unlike some of the other finalists.
Austin is a fine choice too but seems a little too small. I would think Raleigh would edge out over them.
That's just being disengenuious. Raleigh's population base for our whole area is well over 2 million, Austin at best is half that...have you ever been there? There is no other large towns or cities around their area - the next closest city is a 1.5+ hour drive and that is San Antonio.
That's just being disengenuious. Raleigh's population base for our whole area is well over 2 million, Austin at best is half that...have you ever been there? There is no other large towns or cities around their area - the next closest city is a 1.5+ hour drive and that is San Antonio.
Disingenuous? You said Austin was too small. The reality is its almost twice as big as Raleigh. Those were the cities YOU mentioned. NOT me. YOU.
And btw, the two metro's are virtually the same population. And thats including Chapel Hill and Durham. So if Austin is too small, so is Raleigh. And the Triangle.
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