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crazycatlady

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15. Yeah traffic there's really bad

Reply to joeybee12 (Reply #14)

Thu Sep 7, 2017, 08:55 AM

Sep 2017

(I lived there last year for a campaign and am determined to go back).

Amazon has a great opportunity here to revitalize a Rust Belt city. Also a dead mall would be a good place to put HQ2.

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Amazon wants to open a $5 billion second HQ in North America [View all] IronLionZion Sep 2017 OP

The tax breaks will be huge dalton99a Sep 2017 #1

Yep. This hugely profitable company wants to see which municipality they can squeeze the most Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2017 #5

They hosted America's largest job fair last month to fill 50,000 jobs IronLionZion Sep 2017 #2

Vancouver would make sense if they wanted to increase their international presence. Nt joeybee12 Sep 2017 #3

Or they could do the other Vancouver crazycatlady Sep 2017 #10

True, very close to Portland joeybee12 Sep 2017 #14

Yeah traffic there's really bad crazycatlady Sep 2017 #15

I was there in July. It was awful joeybee12 Sep 2017 #16

They have a worldwide presence and already have an office in Vancouver IronLionZion Sep 2017 #18

Mexico City! joeybee12 Sep 2017 #22

Maybe they will do the right thing and give more than they take? haveahart Sep 2017 #4

It sounds like a perfect fit for Atlanta - definitely a community that "thinks big" Glorfindel Sep 2017 #6

As an Atlantan, I just posed this on FB saying the same thing: we have the biggest airport, CurtEastPoint Sep 2017 #7

Absolutely! Plus it would give Amazon a northwest-to-southeast axis Glorfindel Sep 2017 #11

Yes, the location on this coast. Perfect, I would think. And yes, me, too! Hell, I might do it CurtEastPoint Sep 2017 #12

Georgia has granted tax credits to the film industry and it has paid off BIG TIME here. Same idea.. CurtEastPoint Sep 2017 #13

Amazon is opening a warehouse in Livonia, MI. It is a suburb of Detroit. muntrv Sep 2017 #8

Atlanta, Dallas and Denver seem like the most probable choices. LonePirate Sep 2017 #9

Areas like Raleigh-Durham also in mix unc70 Sep 2017 #17

I'd go to Atlanta. The FedEx hub is there. nolabear Sep 2017 #19

They will choose a city willing to make us pay for the privilege HAB911 Sep 2017 #20

Here are the cities that meet the criteria for Amazons second headquarters IronLionZion Sep 2017 #21

Bezos will choose a blue state. n/t bathroommonkey76 Sep 2017 #23

Cities already want to host Amazon's second headquarters IronLionZion Sep 2017 #24