I don't think you have a fucking clue what you're talking about.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vt-Freeheel
No correct that.. I know that you don't.
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I don't think you have a fucking clue what you're talking about.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vt-Freeheel
No correct that.. I know that you don't.
What about the timeline from decision to initial move-in time?Quote:
Originally Posted by PNWbrit
I'm sensing Brit is more of a Vincent guy.
It'd be in the RFP if it's anywhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lindahl
I can't stand Don McLean.Quote:
Originally Posted by Timberridge
I thought he was more going for this, for some reasonQuote:
Originally Posted by PNWbrit
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hKkYZ9GWzK..._lightning.jpg
I have a thread for that. https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/...ght=Don+McLeanQuote:
Originally Posted by PNWbrit
Yep - that's what I was going forQuote:
Originally Posted by BmillsSkier
I hope they decide soon, so I can stop reading about how it is coming to Tampa.
The Business Journal here has an article every damn day about it.
I have seen their tactics- they bring their own out of state contractors in, buy the material out of state, etc.
The only "jobs" they have created here are minimum wage jobs.
Obviously, an HQ would be different, but I really don't want them here.
I think it would kill the culture, and every bozo would bow to their every demand.
Couple that with all the millennial dickheads on fixies that I would have to run over, and it is a bad deal all around.
Tampa? Really. I don't think you have to worry about that. I bet Bezos doesn't want to employ 50,000 people in a hurricane evacuation zone. They may have to shut down all operations every few years for evacuations. No bueno for a customer service and speed delivery focused mega corp.
1 hurricane in 11 years, and maybe 2 tropical storms. Bad snowstorms shuts companies down far more often. Or a highway overpass being burned.Quote:
Originally Posted by AK47bp
I hope you're right though. The lack of income tax, killer airport, low(ish) home prices, etc. are being cited as the reasons they are looking here.
I think ATL could use more traffic. They get our hurricanes though.
Looks like Moosedick IA it is.
Amazon would never go to shithole FloridaQuote:
Originally Posted by warthog
Not a Gene pick?
They should put it on barges or tractor trailors and do a tour with it and who ever has the best party thats where they stop.
Or just build a giant airship and float it wherever they pleaseQuote:
Originally Posted by scottyb
https://www.cnbc.com/2016/12/29/amaz...es-patent.html
A most excellent reference thenQuote:
Originally Posted by PNWbrit
tampa culture - is that by definition an oxymoronQuote:
Originally Posted by warthog
always plagued by details...Quote:
Originally Posted by The AD
(thx, that's exactly it, but i'm still plugging detroit...they could use a break)
Anyone have a handy link to a study of what types peripheral business are benefited (if any) from a company like this moooving to town?
As far as 50k people hypothetically moving here that's a drop in the bucket of how many flock, or stampede I mean, here annually anyway...
ping pong table manufacturers linkQuote:
Originally Posted by Rideski
that was a good oneQuote:
Originally Posted by PNWbrit
No location in New Hampshire would come close to many of the requirements Amazon is listing for the potential city it selects. Population base is one of the items. Population base of over 1 million for 1, and then "The site should, however, be within two miles of a major highway and have access to mass transit. It should also be near a top university" So while New Hampshire has a few Universities that meet the requirements (Dartmouth as one example), they also want a major International airport within 45 minutes (so Boston International would mean southern NH if the population base was expanded to include MA to meet their requirements.)Quote:
Originally Posted by From_the_NEK
Interesting brief bezos bio on wiki. I had never read about him. Interesting corollary to the thread that started about bad ass dads and Carnegie upthread here. It didn't talk about how much Lawrence Preston Gise helped him out but that's amazing Bezos struck it rich in a technology his grandfather helped pioneer.
Can we get a pool going or something?
Pick-em broken into tiers?
Straight predictions?
Shoot the moon winner, as in if Cowfart wins?
I like that idea but airships have a bad habbit of crashing and that would be a buzzkill.Quote:
Originally Posted by JimmyCarter
Oh the hu-moooo-naty!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by scottyb
In related news:Quote:
Originally Posted by BmillsSkier
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...0-8782723.html
Will be interesting...5 final front runners will probably be NYC, Atl, Dallas, Chicago and the blimp.
Chicago checks all boxes and the govt is corrupt enough to offer a package to Amazon that would make it dumb not to go there
NYC is same as Chicago but much more expensive
Dallas doesn’t have them mass transit and wonder if City vibe/ culture comes into play and if so they don’t stand a chance because that city sucks.
Atl has shitty mass transit and the traffic already sucks but does that really matter?
Atl is my guess as the winner.
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Originally Posted by BmillsSkier
I'm going to steer clear of that one.
Terrabull joke.Quote:
Originally Posted by FLS
I'm going with Bulltamooore. Big rail center, major port, N/S and E/W interstates, good very expandable airport (already a Southwest hub), commuter rail/subway, regional tech talent, universities and hospital centers galore, cheap open land in scenic waterfront locations, state willing to bend over backwards...
Seems like Toronto has a strong position with Express Entry for immigrants. Surprised Philadelphia isn't mentioned more.
I read somewhere (can't seem to find it now) that Austin appears to be a front-runner. But that could just be someone else's best guess without any insider information.
There is no insider info. Trust me.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoldMember
Uhhh... That was the OP.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoldMember
I don't think that aligns with "Keep Austin Weird" :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by GoldMember
No, this was it. http://www.businessinsider.com/amazo...-texas-2017-10Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry
I believe you. After finding the Business Insider article, it's Moody's best guess based on the data analysis.Quote:
Originally Posted by PNWbrit
I find it more than a little disappointing that the endless news stories on HQ2 today have absolutely zero cow references.