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Amazon Picks 20 Finalists For 'HQ2' Second Headquarters Location (nbcnews.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the price-is-right dept.

bigpat writes: Amazon took in hundreds of proposals and narrowed it down to twenty places for its "second" headquarters, with up to 50,000 new jobs promised in the next 15 years and millions of square feet of office and research space. The cities include: Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Columbus, Dallas, Denver, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Miami, Montgomery County, Maryland, Nashville, Newark, NJ, New York City, Northern Virginia, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Raleigh, Toronto and Washington D.C. Amazon said that it will now work with the candidate locations to examine their proposals more closely and request additional information to "evaluate the feasibility of a future partnership that can accommodate our hiring plans as well as benefit our employees and the local community." The company said it would make its decision later in 2018.

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  1. I don't understand why cities compete by Actually,+I+do+RTFA · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I don't understand why anyone would want their city to win this. Your taxes will go up to bring in Amazon, and that gets you... what?

    The way the EU has structured things, with incentives for relocation being illegal, seems far superior.

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    1. Re:I don't understand why cities compete by hey! · · Score: 5, Insightful

      It brings in jobs, and the workers pay taxes. At least that's the theory.

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    2. Re:I don't understand why cities compete by Actually,+I+do+RTFA · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Well, it's not secret. They post videos of their new robots (I'm guessing once the patents are issued).

      But that's not relevant to this particular topic. This Amazon facility is for the engineers, not the supply chain workers.

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  2. That's the excuse by rsilvergun · · Score: 4, Insightful

    the reason is bribes, which are essentially legal here in the form of Political Action Committees, campaign donations and jobs handed out after completion of a term in office. If we were sane we'd regulate PACs, only let people donate to candidates they can vote for and even then limit the amounts and give anyone who served a significant public office a pension for life and require them to retired without owning stock.

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