> Underdog cities could and should compete by improving their offering for everyone That's not necessarily true. A city may not want everyone, or they may par

> Underdog cities could and should compete by improving their offering for everyone That's not necessarily true. A city may not want everyone, or they may particularly want Amazon. Competition is competing, one part of which is incentives to localize in an area. Since so many places want an HQ2, it is Amazon's market not that of the cities. Cities can rail against having to compete in a competition, but those cities likely will not win the competition.