DC. MoCo and NoVa among Top 20 Cities Left to Amazon HQ2 (Washington: houses, professionals)
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This contest is over. It’s been over for months, if not years. In fact, it never really was a contest at all. My kindred spirit Scott Galloway sees it as a tossup between NY and D.C. I will go one step further and declare Amazon HQ2 is already coming to D.C., but maybe not for the reasons others are imagining.
They do. But you have to remember the elephant in the room that is the "brand name". DC is a brand name while Arlington/Rosslyn is not. I get the feeling Amazon would prefer setting up shop in a legitimate city.
Image matters when you are trying to attract new talent. A company as big as Amazon moving to some suburb most people have never heard of would seem strange after starting all this public ruckus about their move. I can't see them moving to New Jersey either for the same reason.
DC has worldwide name recognition. Arlington doesn't. NYC has worldwide name recognition. Newark New Jersey doesn't.
That's the problem with the DC suburbs. They have lower status both domestically and worldwide, even if they offer the same benefits or more benefits in some cases.
Not that Amazon necessarily cares about that. But maybe they do.
While I kinda see your point, I really doubt any of that matters. The biggest company in the US (Wal-Mart) isn't HQ'd in a major city...it's located in a place called Bentonville, AR.
Plus, let's be real, anyone not from here will just say "DC" even if it's based in suburban MD or VA (The Pentagon is a prime example...most people say it's in DC when it's actually in Arlington).
This article, while heavily opinionated, really explains the reason as to why there is no better metropolis to place the new HQ2 other than DC. No other city in this country possess the exactly qualities that Amazon not only prefers to look for, but also needs for their continued survival/dominance, and that includes NYC.
I agree to some extent about the window dressing also. I mean really most people are acting like this headquarters is opening a new distribution center with regards to logistics etc. It's not. Nashville, Indy, and Raleigh or Austin do not strategically improve Amazon's status globally on any level whatsoever. Idc about the buying of Whole Foods that has nothing to do with Amazon reaching it's full potential across the world.
This article has a lot of good points in it, and leads me to believe DC is the odds on favorite ahead of every metro area in the country, with that said we still have to wait and see.
20 finalists if you want, but I think the real finalists are the DC metro area and the NYC metro area. Those are the only ones that offer everything Amazon needs.
Also, since NYC is such and obvious place to move and requires no real research to know the benefits, its probably going to be DC.
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For their intents and purposes, no, there's no better choice that covers all their needs.
The deeper I dig into this, and think really hard. 1000% agreeance. No other metropolis fulfills ALL of the EXACT needs of what this company is looking for in their 2nd headquarters. On top of that no other metropolis can help raise Amazon to their greatest height of potential for the future, and it's not even close to be honest.
All that high COL vs low COL will go out the window when they consider how much the DC region elevates their opportunity for expansion. Bezos is playing chess not checkers.
I told you. It's all a charade. Can someone please tell Pittsburgh, Columbus, ad Nashville to stop wasting money? It's so sad reading their media go back and forth on why they could be selected. I guess that creates journalism jobs.
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I told you. It's all a charade. Can someone please tell Pittsburgh, Columbus, ad Nashville to stop wasting money? It's so sad reading their media go back and forth on why they could be selected. I guess that creates journalism jobs.
Those places never had a chance. Such a shame.
Absolutely, those cities can do nothing for a company with the size and impact of Amazon. In hindsight, I know it may have been with the intent of gaining extra incentives, but to name a "short list" of 20 cities was pretty ridiculous to begin with. Bezos knows where he wants to be, and he knows what city will help his company the most.
Now this take over of The Post all makes sense to me.
I told you. It's all a charade. Can someone please tell Pittsburgh, Columbus, ad Nashville to stop wasting money? It's so sad reading their media go back and forth on why they could be selected. I guess that creates journalism jobs.
Those places never had a chance. Such a shame.
The smaller cities that made the shortlist (but will, in all likelihood, not be chosen) could still land some smaller, but yet impactful, Amazon eco-devo deals down the road. And don't think that other corporations aren't paying attention to this process and possibly giving those smaller cities a second look.
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