Re:Amazon announces candidate cities for HQ2
by wbl on Thursday January 18, 2018 @12:49PM
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Columbia and NYU and Cornell Tech don't make the list? Newark is a borough.
Re:Amazon announces candidate cities for HQ2
by gjmarsh on Thursday January 18, 2018 @01:11PM
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Agree. I work in the area. Beyond universities, the amount of talent that goes through Newark, from NJ suburbs into NYC, every day is incredible. I would think many of those people would love to shave 20-40 minutes off their commute and stop paying city taxes.
Re:Amazon announces candidate cities for HQ2
by nerfhammer on Thursday January 18, 2018 @04:31PM
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ah but then the commute is dramatically worse for people living in LI or CT, cutting you off from that labor pool.
Re:Amazon announces candidate cities for HQ2
by ravitation on Thursday January 18, 2018 @01:18PM
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Not to mention Princeton is less than an hour away too.
- EWR close by, with public transportation connections
- Strong local universities, both in tech and business (Rutgers, NJIT, Stevens)
- Newark development is rising, downtown is still relatively sparse
- Audible is already in Newark
Skeptical it will actually happen though. Wouldn't even consider myself a fan of Newark (even though I go to school here), but it's interesting that it's the smallest city on the list population wise.