So much for looking at areas with affordable housing for employees. I thought Dallas had the best business case, but this looks like a political decision.
I lived in the Crystal City region for 3.5 years. With the Pentagon crowd, the drive into work was already a massive adventure. Maybe they will be smart enough to buy some parking garage near the Eisenhower METRO station and let the employees park there and ride the METRO the rest of the way into Crystal City.
Affordable housing? I just started laughing. You’d need $400k to get into a decent house. Salary-wise, if they don’t pay over $70k per year...I don’t see anyone taking a job for more than a year or two, and then moving on.
Same way with the Queen decision. So much bad logic. They could have easily picked Dallas or Nashville, and done so much better.
Maybe the real estate market will return to normal in the Raleigh area now. It’s been crazy ever since Raleigh was named as a potential HQ location. Now hopefully, they can screw up the Apple opportunity as well...
I am glad Dallas or any other Southern city (yes, I know Northern Virginia is technically in the South) did not get the second headquarters. Too many liberals could tip suburban counties toward the Democrats. If Texas falls to the enemy, finis America.