But their stockholders would mind.
They surely helped with housing affordability here in my neck of the woods… and roads, yeah. We all know that hell freezes over before Amazon pitches in with that. 
Which is why they won’t pick Denver
@twoinanddone – it could be that Amazon doesn’t care what their workers want to live.
OTOH, I worked for a Fortune 200 company that was forced to build a state-of-the-art facility in the most expensive part of the city – Denver’s hip and pricey downtown – because it had difficulties recruiting top young talent to its suburban headquarters. To many millennials, it’s all about location, location, location. And that location wasn’t the burbs!
A Canadian location makes the most sense from a labor standpoint.
Is Toronto still listed as a location under consideration ?
@katliamom - I have a friend who worked for Apple in Austin for many years. She got transferred to the Bay area of California - and she comes back to Austin every chance she can. She is not a Texas native.
Clearly there are people who love Austin and don’t mind that it’s in Texas! Its growth proves it.
On a trip to the SW, my sister pointed out to me several new communities, built for employees of large companies. They also built schools. That strategy makes sense to me.
Yeah, there are many, many people in Austin who relocated from other parts of the country and are quite happy to be there. My friend’s son was transferred down there from the northeast with the military (reserves) and has decided to live there permanently.
I hate to tell the rest of you , but it’s going to be in the DC area (NoVA or MD most likely). Three sites around here made it to the final 20, and that’s for good reason. This area checks a lot of boxes.
^^^ I think this is correct. I doubt it will be Texas due to the political environment at the state level. It’s going to be the DC area.
One of the DC-area possibilities is only about 3 miles from where I live. I’m hoping that doesn’t happen as the already bad traffic will be horrendous, although I’m sure my house would appreciate.
If it’s DC area, they will probably pick VA since the taxes are lower (depending on the offers they got).
If they choose the DC site close to where we live, it might be a good thing when we sell our house in 3-5 years.
Once I saw 3 DC sites, I figured it was coming to one of them. I figure they need to be close enough to lobby.
I’d vote for MD over VA regardless of taxes. MD is more progressive.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/va-house-panel-kills-bills-to-ban-anti-lgbt-discrimination-in-housing-and-jobs/2018/02/08/17051270-0d15-11e8-8b0d-891602206fb7_story.html?utm_term=.0593d0d536fa
I can’t imagine any more traffic being added to the DC-NOVA-MD area! It’s absolutelu awful. I’m so glad my graduated from college, so no more trips to the area. Well at least one more, I have to see the new African American museum.
Doschico, MD is more progressive, but VA just had an amazing election, where a trans woman beat a long term anti-gay incumbent, and her main platform was traffic, lol.
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area. 6,133,552 Population. 6,246.4 square miles 981.9 people per square mile.
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area - Profile data - Census Reporter. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area. 20,153,634 Population. 8,292.9 square miles 2,430.2 people per square mile.
Public transport is the answer to the traffic. If NY can do it, anyone can.
Lofl.
It was already liberal northern Va that elected her, no? The state as a whole has miles to go.
And pop/sq mile? You can’t compare a smaller, dense, major metro area with one with that much land, much of it not so urbanized (NYC to Pa?)
But I can’t see N.Va. To get from one community to the next during rush hour? Nuts.
I just saw this, regarding the option to build it just a few miles from my DC home. I wonder what the transportation upgrades are and if I’ll be paying for them should this happen:
“Maryland lawmakers on Wednesday approved the biggest incentive package, by far, in the state’s history, part of a $5 billion effort to lure Amazon to build its second headquarters in Montgomery County…The bill would give Amazon $3 billion in tax credits and exemptions, which the governor’s plan couples with $2 billion in promised transportation upgrades.”