lakewoodhobo wrote:If Austin loses the bid, I imagine transit will be a major reason and this could serve as their Boeing moment.
If they get it, I have no idea how Mopac and I-35 will absorb 50,000 new people.
Tivo_Kenevil wrote:lakewoodhobo wrote:If Austin loses the bid, I imagine transit will be a major reason and this could serve as their Boeing moment.
If they get it, I have no idea how Mopac and I-35 will absorb 50,000 new people.
That would trigger an identity crisis of sorts. They can longer be the little brother who has (had) a small college town vibe.
Native Austinites already say this.
Denton would become the new Austin.
Tivo_Kenevil wrote:"The Alexa Super Bowl spot and HQ2 are totally unrelated," the company said in a statement after being contacted by USA TODAY.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/tal ... 308056002/
dallaz wrote:...it shows that they like Austin a lot.
Waldozer wrote:Hahaha, great send up of Dallas, hjkll. My money has always been on Atlanta.
Waldozer wrote:If DC is the clear favorite, then how can any city except for DC be in a far better position than any other?
hjkll wrote:Also, I hate to break it to everyone on this thread, but Amazon is not coming here. Jeff Bezos is the richest man on planet earth with a company that just became the 3rd biggest company in the world by market cap, he's not going to move his headquarters to a city where the most influential people are 60 year old men whose lives revolve around high schoolers playing football and the average citizen equates to a provincial suburbanite whose most exciting life events are new menu items at Applebee's. You can have all the population and business growth you want, but at the end of the day DFW is hardly cosmopolitan besides a few pocket areas, and most of that forward thinking energy is driven by transplants, not the native population. Amazon will put their headquarters in the DC metro, I would almost bet everything I have on it. Jeff Bezos has the money and the revenue growth. He doesn't want tax incentives, he wants power and influence, which in America means Washington.
Matt777 wrote:hjkll wrote:Also, I hate to break it to everyone on this thread, but Amazon is not coming here. Jeff Bezos is the richest man on planet earth with a company that just became the 3rd biggest company in the world by market cap, he's not going to move his headquarters to a city where the most influential people are 60 year old men whose lives revolve around high schoolers playing football and the average citizen equates to a provincial suburbanite whose most exciting life events are new menu items at Applebee's. You can have all the population and business growth you want, but at the end of the day DFW is hardly cosmopolitan besides a few pocket areas, and most of that forward thinking energy is driven by transplants, not the native population. Amazon will put their headquarters in the DC metro, I would almost bet everything I have on it. Jeff Bezos has the money and the revenue growth. He doesn't want tax incentives, he wants power and influence, which in America means Washington.
Cute rant. The man who invented the microchip was one of those Dallasites you look down upon so much. So you might want to calm yourself.
Matt777 wrote:
Cute rant. The man who invented the microchip was one of those Dallasites you look down upon so much. So you might want to calm yourself.
tanzoak wrote:One of the reasons I don’t live in Dallas is that I’m a snob about urban environments. And by not living there, I can be happy and excited when my hometown makes improvements rather than perpetually annoyed that it still has a ways to go. It’s a much better way to live your life.
Tivo_Kenevil wrote:Waldozer wrote:If DC is the clear favorite, then how can any city except for DC be in a far better position than any other?
The same way a second place finisher is better than the third finisher.
If they pick DC, how will you know that Dallas came in second place?
lakewoodhobo wrote:In the unlikely scenario that Amazon splits HQ2 between two cities (to take advantage of different incentives, lessen the impact on housing, etc.) they would probably have to be in the same state. Isn't Texas the only state with two separate metro areas on the list?
tamtagon wrote:With three public universities advancing toward tier one status, two private universities progressively improving academic delivery and UTSW already performing at a tier one level, a big high profile presence from Amazon is the likely catalyst for the three public universities to get more help advancing, SMU and TCU would certainly join the fun.
Waldozer wrote:I also have a lot of experience here. DMN is right. UTD is trying really hard right now to become Tier 1 but they are thinking a decade into the future in terms of having a global impact. Aside from UTSW, which is not an undergraduate institution, Dallas doesn’t have Tier 1 research universities. Texas, in fact, probably only has three: UT, A&M, and Rice.
tanzoak wrote:I don't know why all of you are arguing about these designations. The higher ed situation in DFW puts us at a disadvantage compared to the other top-tier competition, regardless. That's not saying that our unis are worthless, but compared to Boston/DC/Philly/Chicago/NYC/etc, we are at a clear disadvantage in that area.
PonyUp13 wrote:I believe that of the finalist cities DFW and Austin are the only ones without a Top 50 University in the US News and World Report ranking. Not stellar for us but Seattle is in the same boat with UW at #56 and clearly Amazon was able to grow there.
Tucy wrote:PonyUp13 wrote:I believe that of the finalist cities DFW and Austin are the only ones without a Top 50 University in the US News and World Report ranking. Not stellar for us but Seattle is in the same boat with UW at #56 and clearly Amazon was able to grow there.
Columbus
Denver
Miami
Indianapolis
dukemeredith wrote:Tucy wrote:PonyUp13 wrote:I believe that of the finalist cities DFW and Austin are the only ones without a Top 50 University in the US News and World Report ranking. Not stellar for us but Seattle is in the same boat with UW at #56 and clearly Amazon was able to grow there.
Columbus
Denver
Miami
Indianapolis
I believe University of Miami is in the top 50 on US News.
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