Only partially. Warm weather does help with recruitment but Amazon's name would largely allow it to recruit from anywhere. The larger factor is whether the location that Amazon chooses has a strong local base to recruit from. Its far cheaper to recruit locally than to pay to relocate people (also people that move for work tend to demand higher salaries than local recruits).
IMO, that's on the city government. They've actively chosen to resist growth in just about every way possible...most importantly, infrastructure. Have they finally finished adding the toll lane to MOPAC? That took way too long to approve and I know the construction dragged way longer than it should've. 130 is useless as it's too far east with too few connectors back into town (a problem that goes the entire length of it. Why is there no direct connection into New Braunfels/Cibolo/Schertz?). 35 will never get better unless they tear it all down and start over. People keep moving there and they keep doing nothing about it. If Amazon moved there, I can't imagine the hell it would create for property values and infrastructure.
Because Syracuse (and most of upstate New York) is experiencing huge population declines. Companies want to locate in areas with population growth. Companies have to grow over time and if the local population is shrinking, it makes growth impossible. No company wants to rely on paying for relocations. That is simply too expensive.
what the hell are you talking about. you don't have a problem with the richest man in the world looking for handouts?!? what the hell is wrong with you fool. do you know how many people could use the handout that he will be given?!? you are sick bro...
You supported permanent tax cuts for big corporations (like Amazon) and temporary tax cuts for citizens, didn't you?
not exactly. i want corporate tax loopholes closed but i'm never against taxes getting cut for citizens even if temporary because temporary can be made permanent and while working toward that taxes are lower. also if i can get lower fit for folks while we continue the debate for corporate taxes then why not as opposed to getting nothing while we have the debate. also, i will never be for raising taxes and will always be for lower taxes no matter how fair or unfair the breakdown is. we can fight over the details/fairness while at least getting used to/accepting lower taxes. win a little now to get more later approach instead of arguing for details and getting nothing the entire time.
In that case a temporary tax break for big corporations and a permanent tax break for Americans is more reasonable, but your Republican representatives sold their soul to the Kochs, Mercers, and billionaire lobbyists. While raising $1 Trillion to the deficit. In any case, your anger is misdirected fool. Complain to your Republican representatives.
Amazon in advanced talks about putting HQ2 in Northern Virginia, those close to process say https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...dcad4a0a54e_story.html?utm_term=.c62c8b616ef3
Might as well just call that DC. It is adjacent to the Washinton National Airport. That location is probably the closest to a major airport there is out of all the other candidates.
Wonder what that'll do to the traffic there? Hopefully it completely screws everything up even more. Not that I'm jealous.
Coincidentally, didn't Musk buy up property or was planning on Boring some holes in that area? It makes sense, considering Amazon's push for quick delivery. I bet Northern Virginia would give them access To recruitment at a large percentage of highly rated universities with minimal relocation for people. Hell, that area is probably within an eight hour drive of 60%+ of the country's population, if I had to venture a guess.
Looks like they're pulling out of NYC due to public backlash.... Amazon cancels plans to build New York headquarters https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/14/tech/amazon-hq2-nyc/index.html
Getouttahea ya bum! We only need the Knicks, Yankees, Controlled Rent, Steinbrenner, Seinfeld, Gay/Lady Fashion Romcoms, Seinfeld, Friends, Occasional Giant Monster Attacks, Seinfeld, Mafia and to look down on Jersey!
To be fair, I don't think anyone needs the world's richest corporation taking $1.5B in government subsidies, NYC included.
