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Re:Amazon to Build Second HQ in North America by williamsmj on Thursday September 07, 2017 @03:47PM (#15195095)
True, but I'm not referring here to whether the local community is politically progressive. The issue isn't whether there is nice record shops and an NPR affiliate.

I'm referring to the real possibility that Atlanta might become subject to laws that pretty much every corporation in America would consider a major downside when choosing where to site a HQ. I assume this is what they are referring to in the CFP when they talk about the "political stability" of a region.

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Re:Amazon to Build Second HQ in North America by ynniv on Thursday September 07, 2017 @05:03PM (#15195683)
Georgia is home to 17 Fortune 500 companies and a burgeoning film industry, it's not as "politically unstable" as you think. Mostly, money talks.
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Re:Amazon to Build Second HQ in North America by JBlue42 on Thursday September 07, 2017 @04:13PM (#15195278)
That probably excludes anywhere outside of the NE or West Coast.

Even then, the metro areas are blue, rest of the states are red, like everywhere else in the country.

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Re:Amazon to Build Second HQ in North America by williamsmj on Thursday September 07, 2017 @04:19PM (#15195330)
> That probably excludes anywhere outside of the NE or West Coast.

ding ding ding! My bet would be on Pittsburgh. Maaaaybe Minneapolis, Madison, Detroit or Philadelphia.

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Re:Amazon to Build Second HQ in North America by jtmcmc on Thursday September 07, 2017 @05:10PM (#15195744)
probably not madison considering the government there.

I'm also betting on pittsburgh or perhaps minneapolis.

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Re:Amazon to Build Second HQ in North America by BatFastard on Thursday September 07, 2017 @06:11PM (#15196240)
I am not familiar with Pittsburgh, but I was born in Minneapolis area. Great government, great people, but damn the winters are COLD.
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Re:Amazon to Build Second HQ in North America by midnitewarrior on Thursday September 07, 2017 @04:14PM (#15195289)
> and an NPR affiliate

Just one NPR affiliate? We've got 2!

Some of our politicians are from the stone age though.

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