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Originally Posted by Vixx
Seems like Atlanta has been gaining traction in recent days. While it ticks off most of Amazon's Wishlist and is in a great position geographically speaking, it isn't the most desirable place to live. The city suffers from high crime and endless sprawl, kind of hard to imagine the typical Amazon young tech professional dreaming of settling down there, IMO.
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I spend a lot of time in Atlanta for work. Not sure the crime stats (not saying it's good), but the sprawl isn't that much different than any other city and I am not even sure how that would negatively affect a bid anyways. As far as young tech professionals wanting to settle there, I would say they are coming there in droves already. Atlanta is the major city of the southeast - tons of head offices, media companies (CNN, Turner, etc), attractions, every major sports league except NHL, hip neighbourhoods. And the city is relatively affordable for a major U.S. city.