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Re:Amazon announces candidate cities for HQ2 by dx034 on Thursday January 18, 2018 @11:03AM (#16178092)
Denver appears to be the current favourite (also chosen by the NYT as the winner) but doesn't have any flights to Asia except for Tokyo[1]. But I guess being sufficiently connected within the US is enough, not sure how many flights to China they need.

[1] https://www.flightera.net/airport/Denver/KDEN

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Re:Amazon announces candidate cities for HQ2 by tequila_shot on Thursday January 18, 2018 @12:06PM (#16178727)
Denver's airport is one of the biggest airports[1]. When I first moved to Denver in 2014, they didn't have a flight to India. In 2015 they announced a _direct_ flight to Banglore, India. My point being not having a flight is not really a roadblock.

[1]https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/denver-inte...

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Re:Amazon announces candidate cities for HQ2 by ghaff on Thursday January 18, 2018 @11:18AM (#16178243)
Denver has a huge airport and is a major United hub. It's just that most non-stop flights to Asia from the US leave from the West Coast (although this is less true than it used to be).
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Re:Amazon announces candidate cities for HQ2 by brtt on Thursday January 18, 2018 @12:13PM (#16178835)
not only that, they have approved and are planning a multi-billion dollar gate expansion project so direct asia flights aren't out of the picture.
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Re:Amazon announces candidate cities for HQ2 by ProAm on Thursday January 18, 2018 @01:20PM (#16179741)
Except no one in Denver wants them here except the Governor and business council. It would be a huge net loss for the community and people.
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Re:Amazon announces candidate cities for HQ2 by dillondoyle on Thursday January 18, 2018 @08:53PM (#16183473)
I don't know if opinion of residents is that strong? I live here and would welcome Amazon as would a lot of the people I work with from my conversations. But then again my circle is younger, wealthier, white etc.
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Re:Amazon announces candidate cities for HQ2 by oh_sigh on Thursday January 18, 2018 @02:23PM (#16180419)
I'm in Denver and your post is not accurate.
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Re:Amazon announces candidate cities for HQ2 by itcmcgrath on Thursday January 18, 2018 @02:56PM (#16180732)
I think that's far from truth. It'll just be another issue that splits opinion.
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Re:Amazon announces candidate cities for HQ2 by reaperducer on Thursday January 18, 2018 @03:41PM (#16181182)
If Amazon goes there, the flights will follow.
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