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Originally Posted by eixample
I am not trying to take anything away from Crystal City or LIC, but wasn't part of the original RFP to be located in an area that would provide affordable housing to its employees (unlike Seattle)? That is why DC and NYC are surprising to me. I thought the point of this process was to find an affordable city that offered the best big city environment without the price tag for living in those cities (not just developing in those cities, which the tax cuts help offset). That is why I thought cities like Philly and Chicago made so much sense.
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Regardless of what they may have said, the critical factor in the selection seems to be the availability of young techie employees, preferably in a market without strong competition from other large tech companies (like Microsoft in Seattle) or, barring that, with a large enough pool that hiring won't be troublesome.
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