Post by fuckyourcouch on Jan 18, 2018 9:40:08 GMT -5
Didn’t they already have a finalist list? I don’t even care anymore. This is the longest “and the winner is...” ever. Pick one and let me know when it’s over.
3 finalists in the DMV area?? goodness, don’t let them come to NoVa, please. housing is already ridiculous.
we were just talking about this - I mean, dude does live here. And we have real transit*, unlike many on that list of 20. (dysfunctional though it may be...it exists, which is more than you can say for say...columbus)
3 finalists in the DMV area?? goodness, don’t let them come to NoVa, please. housing is already ridiculous.
Seriously. I was thinking that Atlanta, Dallas, DC, MoCo, NoVa, and LA all sound awful from a traffic standpoint. I don't know enough about the other areas.
KC got cut. Probably good since we have a housing shortage
We were never in the running, although I didlove Mayor James' campaign. I pretty much love everything he does though, so there's that. But a city with zero public transportation other than a novelty street car and an inefficient bus system was never going to capture Bezos' attention.
3 finalists in the DMV area?? goodness, don’t let them come to NoVa, please. housing is already ridiculous.
Seriously. I was thinking that Atlanta, Dallas, DC, MoCo, NoVa, and LA all sound awful from a traffic standpoint. I don't know enough about the other areas.
Boston is too, along with already insane housing prices and a housing shortage. There were a few smaller cities in MA that applied that I actually thought would be better than Boston and I was rooting for them (I live MA) - more the central and northern parts of the state.
Didn’t they already have a finalist list? I don’t even care anymore. This is the longest “and the winner is...” ever. Pick one and let me know when it’s over.
DD and I have been reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and I couldn’t help but compare this process to the mad hunt for Golden Tickets. Now we get to find out which cities blow up into big violet balloons.
ETA: But really this is just a dog and pony show to see where they get the best tax breaks.
Seriously. I was thinking that Atlanta, Dallas, DC, MoCo, NoVa, and LA all sound awful from a traffic standpoint. I don't know enough about the other areas.
Boston is too, along with already insane housing prices and a housing shortage. There were a few smaller cities in MA that applied that I actually thought would be better than Boston and I was rooting for them (I live MA) - more the central and northern parts of the state.
Yeah, Boston would be insane. I am kind of sad Providence dropped off, it would have been perfect. I also would have loved to see the Central MA locations aren't in the running, that would have been good too. But please not Boston.
Seriously. I was thinking that Atlanta, Dallas, DC, MoCo, NoVa, and LA all sound awful from a traffic standpoint. I don't know enough about the other areas.
this is why I think it will be the NoVa location if it comes to this area. I’m pretty sure the proposal is out in loudoun, which would kiiiiind of alleviate some of the traffic issues. but so much for loudoun being “more” affordable. you won’t be able to buy a townhouse out there for under 600k.
I can’t even imagine what it would do to those of us closer to the city. sigh.
PLUS, what a monopoly on tech salaries. will other local companies push their bands up to stay competitive? or is everyone going to have to try and work at amazon just to keep up with the rising COL?
coming to an already HCOL area all but forces us to become San Fran, ugh.
Does mass transit go to Loudoun?
I was really hoping for PG County, but if I had to pick from the list I would want MD or DC
Seriously. I was thinking that Atlanta, Dallas, DC, MoCo, NoVa, and LA all sound awful from a traffic standpoint. I don't know enough about the other areas.
this is why I think it will be the NoVa location if it comes to this area. I’m pretty sure the proposal is out in loudoun, which would kiiiiind of alleviate some of the traffic issues. but so much for loudoun being “more” affordable. you won’t be able to buy a townhouse out there for under 600k.
I can’t even imagine what it would do to those of us closer to the city. sigh.
PLUS, what a monopoly on tech salaries. will other local companies push their bands up to stay competitive? or is everyone going to have to try and work at amazon just to keep up with the rising COL?
coming to an already HCOL area all but forces us to become San Fran, ugh.
Seriously.
H and I have said that we would move back to DC if we could make a combined 300k or something, but our current salaries plus student loans just makes it too much. You just have to go SO far out to find reasonably priced housing, and we don't want to spend our whole lives commuting. There are some not great things about where we live now, but we should be able to afford a modest house within a 15-minute drive of our jobs. That's hard to give up.
Boston is too, along with already insane housing prices and a housing shortage. There were a few smaller cities in MA that applied that I actually thought would be better than Boston and I was rooting for them (I live MA) - more the central and northern parts of the state.
Yeah, Boston would be insane. I am kind of sad Providence dropped off, it would have been perfect. I also would have loved to see the Central MA locations aren't in the running, that would have been good too. But please not Boston.
The more I think of it, the more I wonder if this was simply strategic on Amazon's part to name some of these cities. Like, they would be insane to actually pick Boston, IMO. High taxes, high salaries, shitty public transportation and traffic, inaccessible housing...I love Boston but I just don't see how it would be a good choice.
But by naming Boston as a finalist, Amazon gets almost all of NE super excited about the possibility and invested in the company. It's basically free advertising, regardless of whether to not they'll actually ever come here.
I was really hoping for PG County, but if I had to pick from the list I would want MD or DC
the silver line is going out there, yes.
I would prefer the MoCo location if it comes here.
me too, if only because i'm assuming it's not going to be located at an endline station (they said white flint early, but that was never officially confirmeed as the final bid), so it'll be more efficient in terms of transit access.
Indianapolis doesn't have the mass transit infrastructure to handle this. I'm really surprised they haven't been cut from the list yet.
Nashville doesn't have transit but we are voting on a huge transit project in May.
I think from a logistical stand point Nashville and Indy make a lot os sense. Relatively cheap educated labor, land still available, revitalized downtowns, etc.