Maybe it’s because I don’t live in NYC, but there’s to be very little difference geographical benefit of crossing the East River, compared to crossing the Hudso

Maybe it’s because I don’t live in NYC, but there’s to be very little difference geographical benefit of crossing the East River, compared to crossing the Hudson. As far as conducting the search, I thought that was obvious. By holding a bogus competition, they managed to extract tax breaks from the places they were going to settle in anyway, through the bogus threat of settling someplace else. Come on, did anyone really think Columbus, Ohio[0] was in the running? The reason why Amazon didn’t put HQ2 in Las Vegas, is because the access to talent is not there, and Las Vegas has no comparative advantage like NYC (finance) and DC metro (legal). It’s sinply not worth it to either entice people from places that are perceived to be better (for whatever definition they choose), or to invest in training up the local population to take the jobs that are needed today. [0] https://www.forbes.com/sites/bisnow/2018/01/19/amazon-hq2-shortlist-details-on-the-20-finalists-in-5b-sweepstakes/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/bisnow/2018/01/19/amazon-hq2-sh...