Amazon to Build Second HQ in North America

Re:Amazon to Build Second HQ in North America by BatFastard on Thursday September 07, 2017 @11:43AM (#15192866)

Totally agree! 50,000 people making 100k+ per year is a lot of taxes, it will increase land values. Please come to my city so my house can double in value. Hm...

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Re:Amazon to Build Second HQ in North America by notfromhere on Thursday September 07, 2017 @02:04PM (#15194269)

I'm hoping not, because I'm enjoying cheap rent in a metropolitan city (Chicago). I don't want to compete for rent with even more technies than already exist with, esp. when Amazon is going to pay above market wages.

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Re:Amazon to Build Second HQ in North America by BatFastard on Thursday September 07, 2017 @02:08PM (#15194307)

Chicago would be another good candidate.

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Re:Amazon to Build Second HQ in North America by notfromhere on Thursday September 07, 2017 @02:17PM (#15194406)

I think its one of the top ones, though i'm struggling to thikn of an area of the city that has 100 acres of greenfield to develop

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Re:Amazon to Build Second HQ in North America by johan_larson on Thursday September 07, 2017 @06:30PM (#15196390)

Isn't Chicago's municipal government spectacularly dysfunctional?

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Re:Amazon to Build Second HQ in North America by strange_quark on Thursday September 07, 2017 @10:37PM (#15197510)

Yes and no. Chicago has been really good at wooing companies to move their headquarters here: see Boeing, McDonald’s, ConAgra, GE transport, Kraft Heinz, the list goes on.

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