If anyone from Amazon is looking at Atlanta this week...it ain't pretty. An inch of snow shut everything down for going on day 3. And the roads absolutely were terrible--to the point that my H's cardiology clinic shut down for the first time in several years. But the fact that we don't have the equipment to get up and running two days later doesn't seem good for business.
We got 2 inches of snow on Tuesday morning in Nashville this week. School is still closed tomorrow (Friday). We were out last Friday for weather (a little snow in the afternoon), plus MLK holiday on Monday. We haven't had school for over a week now!
2 of my kids have had 4 days of school since Dec 15th....
I'm fairly pro it coming to Philly. I think Philly also submitted a pretty good proposal. The location is Schuylkill Yards, so close to 30th Street Station (Amtrak) and not far from the airport. Pretty quick trip to either NY or DC for executives. Direct international flights to major cities and Seattle. Low cost of living and tons of available housing stock. Good public transit. Access to tons of local colleges (and the proposed site is practically next to an Ivy league school).
I'm in an urban planning type of facebook group for Philly and the downsides are additional gentrification in certain neighborhoods and increased costs in the already expensive areas of the city. Plus, transit could be better, and compared to the amount of people who do bike in Philly, the bicycle infrastructure is pretty abysmal. Plus, public unions.
My husband also works with biopharma data so maybe he could get a job if they get into healthcare, lol. He is looking for more work/life balance, though. We can also walk to a SEPTA station from our house (Montco), but the commute would probably be close to an hour.
ETA: And the transit is better than Atlanta and Austin, and COL is better than Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago and DC, which I think are considered the top choices.
I can get onboard with Philly.
H and I were walking around there about a year ago (so after we moved to Cali) and saw a beautiful rowhouse for sale. We were trying to guess the listing price and H was throwing out numbers in the millions. I told him he was crazy, and sure enough it was going for something like $750k. Jaw dropped.
Philly is on our short-list of if-we-ever-had-to-move-back-East cities.
I'm fairly pro it coming to Philly. I think Philly also submitted a pretty good proposal. The location is Schuylkill Yards, so close to 30th Street Station (Amtrak) and not far from the airport. Pretty quick trip to either NY or DC for executives. Direct international flights to major cities and Seattle. Low cost of living and tons of available housing stock. Good public transit. Access to tons of local colleges (and the proposed site is practically next to an Ivy league school).
I'm in an urban planning type of facebook group for Philly and the downsides are additional gentrification in certain neighborhoods and increased costs in the already expensive areas of the city. Plus, transit could be better, and compared to the amount of people who do bike in Philly, the bicycle infrastructure is pretty abysmal. Plus, public unions.
My husband also works with biopharma data so maybe he could get a job if they get into healthcare, lol. He is looking for more work/life balance, though. We can also walk to a SEPTA station from our house (Montco), but the commute would probably be close to an hour.
ETA: And the transit is better than Atlanta and Austin, and COL is better than Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago and DC, which I think are considered the top choices.
I can get onboard with Philly.
H and I were walking around there about a year ago (so after we moved to Cali) and saw a beautiful rowhouse for sale. We were trying to guess the listing price and H was throwing out numbers in the millions. I told him he was crazy, and sure enough it was going for something like $750k. Jaw dropped.
Philly is on our short-list of if-we-ever-had-to-move-back-East cities.
We moved here from Los Angeles 5 years ago, but we have family in upstate NY and New England. It's a great location, IMO. Centrally located on the east coast, top 10 in population, professional sports, art museums, great restaurants, events. Much easier to buy a house than NY, DC or Boston. We have no plans to leave!
Maybe I’m too fresh off of reading The Water Will Come by Jeff Goodell (the book is about about global warming and its’ predicted effect on coasts, and includes a section on Miami) but I think Miami could be a poor choice for Amazon in the long run.
Wouldn't it be funny if Bezos said, "Just kidding about that 2nd headquarters! Man, you guys fell for it!"
No.
I am wondering what the long term consequences of this are. Some places (like my own state) put together some tax incentive packages way above and beyond what they'd done before. There's always been this sort of negotiation where states throw money at big companies for the jobs but this was a whole new level. Curious if it becomes the new normal or if Amazon is a special beast.
I'm fairly pro it coming to Philly. I think Philly also submitted a pretty good proposal. The location is Schuylkill Yards, so close to 30th Street Station (Amtrak) and not far from the airport. Pretty quick trip to either NY or DC for executives. Direct international flights to major cities and Seattle. Low cost of living and tons of available housing stock. Good public transit. Access to tons of local colleges (and the proposed site is practically next to an Ivy league school).
I'm in an urban planning type of facebook group for Philly and the downsides are additional gentrification in certain neighborhoods and increased costs in the already expensive areas of the city. Plus, transit could be better, and compared to the amount of people who do bike in Philly, the bicycle infrastructure is pretty abysmal. Plus, public unions.
My husband also works with biopharma data so maybe he could get a job if they get into healthcare, lol. He is looking for more work/life balance, though. We can also walk to a SEPTA station from our house (Montco), but the commute would probably be close to an hour.
ETA: And the transit is better than Atlanta and Austin, and COL is better than Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago and DC, which I think are considered the top choices.
I can get onboard with Philly.
H and I were walking around there about a year ago (so after we moved to Cali) and saw a beautiful rowhouse for sale. We were trying to guess the listing price and H was throwing out numbers in the millions. I told him he was crazy, and sure enough it was going for something like $750k. Jaw dropped.
Philly is on our short-list of if-we-ever-had-to-move-back-East cities.
As it should be! Because Philly is the greatest city of all time forever! Cheesesteaks! Independence Hall! The Liberty bell! E-A-G-L-E-S Eagles!
Post by thelurkylulu on Jan 20, 2018 14:02:09 GMT -5
Columbus is actually home to several large corporate offices including L Brands (Victoria’s Secret, Bath & Body Works, etc.), Abercrombie, Bob Evans, Nationwide, Cardinal Health, DSW, Express, AEP, Wendy’s... just to name a few. I have traveled there for work a lot and it’s a really great city. I have also been by the Amazon distribution center that is there and it is HUGE. I think it’s technically outside the city limits of Columbus though. Assuming the company received some sort of tax break when they built that building.