Revere is one tough town of tenements (Boston-ese for “multifamilies”) and hard times. I worked there for 4 years (with that ocean view.) I’d think revamping to bring enough upscale lifestyle would be like a ten year plan, at least.
@lookingforward The type of workers at an Amazon HQ are not looking for the suburban ideal of McMansions and manicured lawns.
Look at what’s happened to Southie as an example of what can change.
@doschicos When I was growing up in Chelsea we considered Charlestown to be a slum…now look at it.
Somerville is also a top contender for the Boston area Amazon HQ2. The area they are looking at is Assembly.
“The type of workers at an Amazon HQ are not looking for the suburban ideal of McMansions and manicured lawns.”
It takes all kinds. 
Hence the traffic across the lake here in Seattle.
Those changes took time. Parts of Somerville are changing now. But slowly. Tom. Revere’ s far from a destination.
https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/04/22/inside-jeff-bezos-dc-life/
I dunno. He already has a home in D.C.
It’s hard not to see the DC area as a strong frontrunner. I think Boston is a serious alternative contender but I don’t think anyone would be surprised if one of the DC sites took it.
I would like to read an assessment of Toronto as the next Amazon site. Easy to import foreign labor, but high taxes tempered by nationalized healthcare. Friendly national political climate. And ???
https://techvibes.com/2017/10/23/breaking-down-torontos-190-page-amazon-hq2-bid
Full bid info:
https://s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/torontoglobal/TorontoRegionResponsetoAmazonHQ2RFP_PD.pdf
Is bet there’s a ton of lobbying to keep this in the US.
The place that comes to mind in DC would be out by Dulles, some Reston-ish idea.
@alwaysamom: Thank you for the links ! Interesting quote regarding talent : “…we build doors, not walls.”
Any place is better than the Seattle swamp. The city clowncil will vote for the idiotic head tax… fingers crossed the mayor will be able to veto it.
“The type of workers at an Amazon HQ are not looking for the suburban ideal of McMansions and manicured lawns.”
There was also a study last year of college age students that 8 out of 10 didn’t want to live in a city… but that is where the jobs are, so they have to.
BB, what’s so bad about the head tax? Am I right thinking that you don’t have income tax?
“A growing number of millennials” doesn’t tell me much. There are suburbs and there are suburbs. Lol. Not all want a long commute in exchange for a big lawn. 10 minutes out of many cities are homes in nice neighborhoods. Problem is, lol, that’s 10 minutes as the crow flies, not traffic realities.
I don’t think any of us really think, when we talk of Austin, Atlanta, Boston or DC (and the rest,) that Amazon will locate HQ2 in Skyscraper Alley, forcing employees into cramped, noisy, overpriced apts.
There is a state and local business tax already in place. What is so bad about a head tax? It will be a drop in the bucket for Amazon but it might mean no bonuses for employees of Uwajimaya. Gross income, not profit is what apparently determines if a business is subject to head tax. Hurts businesses with smaller profit margins like grocers and restaurants. Companies like Amazon can easily pick up their laptops and move. Physical businesses like stores and manufacturers can’t. And much more. Really bad idea, because even if the projected $75m is collected, it will be wasted.
There’s an article in the WaPo today, with quotes from people who are worried that they will move to the DC area. One commenter said, “in revenge, we will send the Pentagon to Seattle”, lol.
Looked at the Toronto links. Couple of things compared to Seattle. They talk about the whole region for Toronto but not Seattle- wonder if they included as much land et al. Also- percentages taking transit- what about the percent that walks to work???