“Looking to lease” could simply mean they are pricing out their options.
Traffic was a major cluster today. I feel sorry for Atlanta if it lands the HQ. 
@ams5796 Actually they are seeking 1 million square feet in Boston:
http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2018/01/10/amazon-seeks-big-new-office-space-city/kMktDIWuDCg8ibG4Accc9H/story.html
Please don’t let it be Austin! Dallas maybe but not Austin!
Yes.
Amazon is in talks to lease 500,000 square feet of offices in Boston’s Fort Point Channel neighborhood, a hot destination for tech companies, with an option to double the amount of space also being discussed, the Boston Globe reported on Thursday. The search started before Amazon publicly disclosed its HQ2 search, the paper said.
@ams5796 Then maybe it was always Boston and the "search’ is just a publicity stunt.
Boston is screwed.
I think many cities want to be chosen.
I think residents of some of those cities do not want their cities to be chosen. Or they have no idea what’s coming their way.
In my lifetime I have watched Boston evolve from a depressed backwater consumed by ethnic tribalism to the thriving city it is today. The people who do not want growth and change are the ones whose status is entrenched in the status quo.
Lot of chatter for awhile about Boston.
Which stocks should I invest in now?
“The people who do not want growth and change are the ones whose status is entrenched in the status quo.” Not necessarily. Unchecked growth can hurt.
Sorry, but the old expression about the rich getting richer, while the poor get poorer applies with a little modification. So you can sell the family home in Southie, Dorchester, Somerville, etc, for a small fortune. Maybe you’re lucky enough to qualify for some job with the new companies.
Maybe not. Meanwhile, costs escalate, Boston still has huge social issues, and traffic gets worse every year.
This piece was interviewing employees from the HQ in Seattle. Where they keep the engineers. It said they have 700-800 jobs open all the time either because those jobs don’t have benefits or because they can’t find the right person. One engineer said that he’s been interviewed a dozen times but they don’t think he has the right ‘fit’ but he says he goes to every interview they invite him to (he seemed normal on the radio). The security guards have unionized (or tried to) because they kept them all at part time to avoid benefits.
I don’t think Amazon is a good citizen in their communities and don’t really see why cities are willing to give them tax breaks.
I would think that after 3 or 4 interviews he would have gotten the message and moved on.
And those who do not feel Amazon is a good corporate citizen, can I assume that you never buy anything through Amazon? 
Oh I buy stuff, but I don’t necessarily want the headquarters in my city if they aren’t going to pay the same taxes as the rest of us, are asking for special favors, and aren’t going to pay benefits to employees. All these cities wanted Amazon to come because of the jobs, jobs, jobs. High paying jobs. White collar jobs. This NPR piece was just pointing out that all is not perfect in Seattle, that all the jobs aren’t high quality, that not all employees are happy because they don’t get benefits.
My daughter has auditioned about 20 times for Disney. She’ll never give up. (and I don’t think Disney is a good corporate citizen either)
Traffic is already a nightmare in Boston and the T is old, slow and overcrowded.
“Traffic is already a nightmare in Boston and the T is old, slow and overcrowded.”
… and housing costs an arm and a leg… boy why does this sound familiar? :-?
ALL American cities have inadequate infrastructure because this nation gave up investing in infrastructure half a century ago. So anywhere Amazon moves will be a cluster for the locals for years to come.
Some cities will be less cluster-y.
I’m very happy with my mass transit options. I just don’t want to share with more people.