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Of the 238 cities that applied to host Amazon’s second headquarters, the company has narrowed its choices down to 20. If your city is on this list, you may soon be sharing the streets with up to 50,000 employees from Amazon.
- Atlanta
- Austin, Texas
- Boston
- Chicago
- Columbus, Ohio
- Dallas
- Denver
- Indianapolis
- Los Angeles
- Miami
- Montgomery County, Md.
- Nashville
- Newark, N.J.
- New York City
- Northern Virginia
- Philadelphia
- Pittsburgh
- Raleigh, N.C.
- Toronto
- Washington, D.C.
Amazon’s choice will most likely depend on the types of incentives offered by the states and cities that are on the list. Laura Stevens writes at The Wall Street Journal:
A wild card in the selection process may be incentives, something that could help Amazon recoup its hefty spending on the new site. Newark and its home state of New Jersey, for example, pitched a potential $7 billion in tax incentives. Maryland’s Amazon finalist—Montgomery County, north of Washington—was backed by state incentive packages totaling more than $5 billion.
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