Posted on 11/15/2017 8:49:54 AM PST by RegulatorCountry
November 15, 2017 - It's been two months since Amazon announced they will be searching for a site for their new co-headquarters, resulting in hundreds of applications and endless speculation. Now we have the answer.
Trust us - it's going to be Atlanta.
So says the collective wisdom of urbanists, researchers, pundits and publications. The team at Sperling's BestPlaces collected 18 of the most reputable lists and rankings of potential Amazon HQ2 locations. Using those rankings, we created one huge super-study which tallied how each location performed and from that, we generated a score for each place.
Sperling's Amazon HQ Hyper-Ranking
1. Atlanta 2. Boston 3. Chicago 4. Philadelphia 5. Washington, D.C. 6. Austin 7. Dallas 8. Denver 9. New York City 10. Raleigh (full list of 64 at the end of this document)
(Excerpt) Read more at bestplaces.net ...
Not surprised.
As long as its not Chicago...totally undeserving.
Praise the Lord! I did not want them coming to Denver and bringing more techie libs to this area!
I’m still hoping for Baltimore.
FedEx chose Memphis for a very good reason. Good Hub. No 3 day storms.
UPS is building a 1.2 million sqft hub in Atlanta.
The decision hasn’t been made, this is just a very thorough study done by a group that specializes in “best places,” and based upon the data they’ve gathered they say Atlanta. Amazon hasn’t chosen anything yet.
If there are political considerations, they may look to a borderline conservative area and seek to “flip” it.
But socialist businessmen are businessmen first and socialists second. They will pick the place that offers the best deal and makes them the most money.
Atlanta? Worst possible choice. Traffic, crime, lousy standard of living. Blah. Good airport though...if you can get there.
Political considerations would have them locating in a state that is “purple,” weak blue or weak red. That would be Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida or one of the rust belt states that Trump flipped in 2016. Deep red states wouldn’t hold much appeal and neither would deep blue states. That is, if political considerations are weighing in on the decision and I think they are.
Funny...
NOT a HIGH TAX and CLOSED SHOP blue state...
One would think that transportation would figure greatly into the selection and Atlanta traffic is a nightmare.
On paper Atlanta looks great as a transportation hub, although the reality is as not so great as you note.
Atalanta - with politics to match Bezos and traffic to match L.A.
I guess they want their employees to have a long commute time.
I have family in Atlanta, and I’ve never been in Atlanta when there wasn’t gridlock on the highways.
GOOD!
It would have overwhelmed Denver housing.
Lower wage base in Atlanta.
The airport is easy enough to get to if you fly in. The rest of the city, not so much.
Boston is number 2? Don’t think so.
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