This Tells Me Amazon Is Coming To Texas! -- November 5, 2018

Amazon, on an "emotional" level absolutely, positively, did not want to come to Texas.

But, looking at the demographics, location, future, yada, yada, yada, Texas was a no-brainer.

What to do?

Two sites for Amazon's HQ2.

Link here at The WSJ.

Amazon plans to split its second headquarters evenly between two locations rather than picking one city for HQ2, according to a person familiar with the matter, a surprise decision that will spread the impact of a massive new office across two communities.

The driving force behind the decision to build two equal offices in addition to the company’s headquarters in Seattle is recruiting enough tech talent, according to the person familiar with the company’s plans. The move will also ease potential issues with housing, transit and other areas where adding tens of thousands of workers could cause problems.

Under the new plan, Amazon would split the workforce with 25,000 employees in each city, the person said. 

Seriously, no hints on what the two cities might be.

In my July 29, 2018, note below, Austin, like Boston, made the short list at three legalized betting sites. At the time, I felt strongly, with just one site, it could not be Austin. My thoughts now, with two sites:

• Boston: money
• Austin: "Silicon Valley"

From July 29, 2018:

This is from USA Today, April 30, 2018:

Three betting sites.

British online betting site Oddsmakers:

• Virginia
• Austin
• Boston
• DC
• Atlanta

Irish bookie site PaddyPower:

• Boston
• Austin
• Atlanta
• Montgomery Co., Maryland
• Pittsburgh

Canada's Bovada betting site:

• Virginia
• Austin
• Boston
• DC
• Atlanta

Toronto gaining popularity at the Canadian betting site.

My two cents worth: it will be in northeast US, not Texas. Texas is a great site for fulfillment centers and tech support, but Austin is not a financial or political center.

Austin makes all three lists, but DC makes only two lists. Boston makes all three lists, and is a financial center. With 25 universities and colleges in the Boston area, I think Boston is a no-brainer for a corporate headquarters. Atlanta, also, makes all three lists, but I just don't see it.