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Originally Posted by ILUVSAT
In addition to poor public transportation:
-Traffic/lack of good mobility infrastructure
-City has no city manager (thus, lack of direction/vision)
-City may not offer enough (if any) incentives
-City is loosing it's business-friendly mentality
-City is smaller in overall size
-City has a smaller airport (albeit growing) - but, it's not a hub
-etc., etc., etc.
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I feel like you're reaching for negatives.
- Traffic is an issue in most any sizable city.
- City officials change all the time. I'm sure Amazon understands that. I'm sure the city can still manage to put together a proposal without a city manager.
- Incentives are to be determined, you can't call that a negative just yet.
- It's hard to say that Austin is losing it's biz friendly mentality compared to other cities. That seems subjective and likely not a problem Amazon would be hindered by with any sort of proposal coming from the city.
- The airport and city size clearly meet the requirements Amazon was asking for.
Austin is still one of the best areas in the country to find, hire, and retain tech talent. That alone puts it on the short list. It seems to be Amazon's most important criteria.