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Three candidate cities are in the same metro area (DC). * Montgomery county, MD * Northern Virginia * Washington DC
by gshakir 9y ago
Three candidate cities are in the same metro area (DC).
* Montgomery county, MD
* Northern Virginia
* Washington DC
- rando444 9y agoSame metro area.. totally different politics, rules, and regulations.
- blueatlas 9y agoAnd there you have it. Northern Virginia will win this hands down if it's up against neighboring Montgomery County (which is where I live). Northern VA wins in infrastructure, existing tech culture, housing, and transportation options. But, the primary reason is that Montgomery County politics will never bend to accommodate Amazon in a competitive situation like this, and it's been that way for 30 years.
- gshakir 9y agoI live in Rockville, MD and I couldn't agree more with the county politics.
- rdtsc 9y agoI don't see DC happening though. Not enough land to build. Traffic is a mess. But wouldn't be surprised if they pick NoVA. Not sure much about MD, I think VA traditionally had a more favorable tax structure.
- bhouston 9y agoI believe that one of these is the most likely winner.
- rmrfrmrf 9y agoIf they’re strategically trying to eat IBM’s and Oracle’s lunch, then a DC presence would be a good choice.
- wonderwonder 9y agoI think this is politically smart and that one of these 3 will end up being the winner. The current US administration is very anti amazon. It is a little tougher for politicians and staff to publicly bash a company when 50k of their employees live and work in the same zip code.
- cphoover 9y agoThis logic doesn't hold up. Trump bashes us Washingtonians/Marylanders all the time. And the feeling is mutual back at him with a large large majority of the population.