Amazon Selects New York City and Northern Virginia for New Headquarters

Re:Amazon Selects New York City and Northern Virginia for Ne... by patrickmay on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @11:55AM (#18442486)

I was really hoping for Raleigh and/or Dallas. Instead, Amazon picked two places where the cost of living is worse than Seattle.

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Re:Amazon Selects New York City and Northern Virginia for Ne... by amyjess on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @12:06PM (#18442577)

As a Dallasite, I've been hoping we won't get it because it would send our housing prices through the stratosphere and ruin traffic for a generation.

From what I've seen, the reaction to this news on /r/Dallas is very positive. We don't want Amazon here.

(Though I figured it was going to be NoVa from the start. I was just terrified I'd be wrong.)

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Re:Amazon Selects New York City and Northern Virginia for Ne... by akhilcacharya on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @02:29PM (#18444038)

I'm from Raleigh but I"m not convinced Raleigh-area schools have the talent required and willing.

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Re:Amazon Selects New York City and Northern Virginia for Ne... by electricslpnsld on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @02:46PM (#18444215)

The Triangle has a number of good schools: Duke and UNC are both in the top 25 CS programs in the US. I've worked with some NCSU CS grads in the past and they've also been great.

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Re:Amazon Selects New York City and Northern Virginia for Ne... by akhilcacharya on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @02:47PM (#18444220)

Duke and UNC are tiny CS programs. I went to NC State, and it's definitely not in the same tier for undergrad.

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Re:Amazon Selects New York City and Northern Virginia for Ne... by tjbarkley on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @11:58AM (#18442503)

Yeah, but some of the CEO's houses are in these two areas.

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