Indianapolis Among Amazon 'HQ2' Finalists

[Spear Dane]

Personally I have no interest in Amazon being here. It would just be a big infusion of liberals.

 

[eldirector]

Personally I have no interest in Amazon being here. It would just be a big infusion of liberals.

Pretty sure they hire locals.

 

[bwframe]

Whether it is stated openly or not, wonder whether Amazon is considerate of their own good business sense along with that of their staffing?

Indiana:

- Right to work state
- Mild minimum wage state
- Relatively low taxation state
- Mild cost of living state

...and OMG a state where pot is illegal and likely to stay so...

 

[Alamo]

If you saw the previous post, disregard. INGO's post editor is a mess some times, especially with mulit quotes and links. grr..

I'll just shorten this to say it's not going to be Indy or Austin, and it won't be because some silly posturing about laws that seek to prevent the mainstreaming of mental disorders.

Woobie is right on the strategery and the number of genuine candidates. Three of the cities on Amazon's published list all basically amount to having a "HQ" (read "lobbying arm") in Washington DC: Northern Virginia, Hammond County MD, Northern Virginia, and DC itself. Those are the three finalists.

 

[Ark]

It's not going to be Indy, and I genuinely hope the city didn't spend much money trying to put a sales pitch together.

 

[ATM]

[video=youtube;H_eG7leM6ew]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_eG7leM6ew[/video]

 

[hoosierdoc]

Isn't it interesting that St Louis, MO didn't make the cut to the final 20?

Can’t get trucks past rioters

 

[Trigger Time]

They need to find talent that puts my damn same day Amazon packages on my porch instead of my neighbors. It's pretty bad when I know all of my neighbors by what their front porch picture looks like.
Amazon drivers take a picture of the package sitting on the porch once delivered. You can look on your account and see the pictures. You'd think if they are focusing that much on it that they could learn to read numbers.
If they pick Indy how the hell are they gonna find it? They might land in Cincinnati instead

 

[hoosierdoc]

Geotagging. They should be able to use google maps to confirm address with GPS

 

[bwframe]

Can’t get trucks past rioters

Nobody else "got it." Good to see you out of the crypto cave, Doc. For a minute anyway.

 

[hoosierdoc]

Nobody else "got it." Good to see you out of the crypto cave, Doc. For a minute anyway.

hah, I was in the cave when I posted that. I screwed something up and had to reinstall my master node. Ugh.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

Geotagging. They should be able to use google maps to confirm address with GPS

They probably are using google maps; google detects it's amazon and sends them to the wrong place.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

 

[Brad69]

I know that some of you will not believe this Indy has by far the best traffic system.
The intersections of I74,I69,I70,I65 and a large airport with cargo capacity are far more of a consideration than political matters.
But Amazon seems to want electric cars and bike paths ect. ?

 

[gregkl]

I know that some of you will not believe this Indy has by far the best traffic system.
The intersections of I74,I69,I70,I65 and a large airport with cargo capacity are far more of a consideration than political matters.
But Amazon seems to want electric cars and bike paths ect. ?

Also keep in mind that even though it is a HQ, Indianapolis is one of the great shipping hubs in the country. That whole "crossroads" thing is real and accurate. Companies love to have distribution in our great state.

 

[eldirector]

Also keep in mind that even though it is a HQ, Indianapolis is one of the great shipping hubs in the country. That whole "crossroads" thing is real and accurate. Companies love to have distribution in our great state.

Amazon has 7 distribution centers in Indiana. Not the MOST of any state, but certainly pretty high on the list. Of the Midwest and Eastern states, only Kentucky and Pennsylvania have more. And, they are not being considered for HQ2.
https://blog.taxjar.com/amazon-warehouse-locations/

 

[Denny347]

I thought our bigoted social climate was going to force all the good employers to stay away?

Or, maybe our Hoosier Hospitality, low cost of living, and pretty darned good local talent pool are enough to bring in the big guns.

I thought we were out of the running bc of our lack of pub transportation

We are 1 of 20? I doubt we will get it. Unlikely we were EVER in the running. Who knows, maybe I'm all wrong.

 

[Denny347]

BTW, Fishers is NOT Indianapolis. Fishers is Fishers.

 

[rvb]

This is an HQ, not a distro site. Things like major airport hub are going to be way high on the list compared to things like social justice warrioring or product distribution; leadership tends to hop around to the other facilities quite often.... Atlanta, Dallas, Chicago I would assume be top of the list for that reason alone.

-rvb

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

BTW, Fishers is NOT Indianapolis. Fishers is Fishers.

Increasingly, this is like saying Novi or Dearborn is not Detroit. When you drive between those cities, it's a difference without much of a distinction.