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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fingers crossed that this is true. We have a 3000 square foot house in Franklin Farms in Herndon. Zoned Carson MS/Chantilly HS. 10 minutes away from the CIT site. Kids are rising 9th and 11th.  We could have Kid 1 out and Kid 2 nearly out of FCPS before the school aged population explodes.  And a house in our location, with our school zoning should increase in value a lot (right now it is probably worth 700k). Right at the point where we would be in a position to sell and move to a closer in location where we don’t have to worry about ACPS or eastern FCPS or DCPS.

But not counting my chickens yet.

That said, the CIT location is perfect if you look at their RFP.  10 minutes from Dulles. New silver line stop set to open at their doorstep in 2020. Good FCPS/LCPS schools, with access to TJ and now AOS. 80% of the worlds internet traffic passes through the NOVA server farms. Housing is still relatively inexpensive. A decent amount of undeveloped land for new housing and retail.   And a very Asian/ STEM career heavy population.  Sneer about Herndon all you want. It’s a great place to raise STEM smart kids. And it’s a short silver/Orange/blue  line commute from “cooler” Ballston, Courthouse, Tysons areas. [/quote]

Most of these employees are not going to be able to afford a $700-900K house.[/quote]

Then they are really in for a shock if Amazon HQ2 lands in Boston or DC,proper or closer in to DC or a lot of the HQ2 possibilities. How much is a SCH is a good neighborhood with good schools going to cost in Boston?  In DC? In Arlington?[/quote]

Real estate.  If Amazon lands in DC or Arlington those jurisdictions get the Amazon $ while many employees would live in Fairfax County.  That leaves Fairfax County with massive schools influx and no business revenue just the property taxes on residences.  Not a good situation.

Anyone fly out of Logan in Boston?  A hassle.  On the water not the "cornfields" of Dulles.  That airport is so congested that Dulles is a pleasure.  As one PP stated the silverline will be in plus for drivers it would be a reverse commute.  Fairfax and Loudoun build new schools far more quickly than Arlington [if ever] and DC.  Plus there is land to build.

Reston has urbanized -  like Bethesda, Courthouse etc but is accessible and having had urban planning from scratch is a pleasure.  RTC gets a metro stop.  Frickin place is like a Disneyworld built on horse pastures.

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The type of employees AMZN is likely to hire would never live in Fairfax. Most of their employees in Seatle are in the same zipcode as the office. If they want to attract top talent, they'll be in DC proper or possibly close in Arlington. Out in hillbilly country you'll get 3rd raters.[/quote]

No, they don't live as close as you are saying.[/quote]

Amazon was built using guest workers.   They will love the 10s of thousands of h1bs and l1s and h4bs in the nova area.  It is EXACTLY the type of worker bezos wants, young cheap and disposable.[/quote]

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