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Yes, the CoL (housing in particular) is a significant issue for the entire Bay Area but that hasn't stopped the rest of the industry from continued local expans
by joejerryronnie 9y ago
Yes, the CoL (housing in particular) is a significant issue for the entire Bay Area but that hasn't stopped the rest of the industry from continued local expansion. I would argue for a strong regional authority to tackle this issue but that's another discussion. Also, San Jose's mayor has not rejected the Amazon HQ2 proposal, only the notion of providing major financial/tax incentives to any corporation as he feels the civic benefit does not outweigh the cost.
- Apocryphon 9y agoExpansion is one thing, bringing in tens of thousands of employees with a whole new headquarters is another. Traffic alone it would be nightmarish. And the contest format would be a terrible charade; why give hope to non-tech hub communities at all if your plan was to flock to Silicon Valley like everyone else?
- ghaff 9y agoYeah, if you've already reached the IMO very misguided conclusion that the only rational place to site a large tech HQ/HQ2 is the Bay area, why on earth would you go through the motions of this whole process? Hope that some Bay Area city is going to be so desperate for you to move in that they'll shower you with incentives? Possible but unlikely. And it's not like some previously unknown pool of engineering and other professional talent is going to suddenly spring up somewhere. I'm often pretty cynical (and Amazon will certainly be looking for sweetheart deals) but this seems a legitimate effort to find a location that may not be an obvious choice.