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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Give me a break. HQs go where CEOs live...Amazon’s  HQ will be in DC. The rest is just a charade. [/quote]

the sites in DC are terrible and we already have multiple development sites in litigation. No way this could go through without at least 5 years of lawsuits from DC residents to stop it. Crystal City is the best location. On metro, urban enough, VA is business friendly and you can be in DC in 10 minutes.  Dulles corridor is a shit show of congestion and suburbia, two things Bezos did not want.[/quote]

Crystal City is a s*** show too.[/quote]

+1.

DCUM:  HQ2 isn’t moving to Herndon. They can’t afford 700k 3000 sq houses.

Also DCUM:  HQ2 is coming to Arlington, land of the million dollar shitshacks.

Here a fact guys. Your school system can’t manage the kids they already have without talking about two tracking the high schools because building a 4th high school is impossible for some reason. You do not have the infrastructure for the influx HQ2 would bring. You don’t have a plan to educate the kids you have. That’s just nuts. Tell your school board to get it together, or quit angling for more growth.

Also, saying that the Dulles Tech corridor is congested, but CRYSTAL CITY IS NOT  :shock:  is bonkers.  I live in the Dulles Tech corridor and work in CC. CC is a lot more congested than Western Fairfax. [/quote]

Amazon doesn't care about where their employees kids go to school.  Its a non-issue.  Not their problem.[/quote]

Wasn't affordability one of Amazon's priority? That should rule out most of the DC area, in theory. But I suspect Amazon will ignore this priority and go for another expensive market. [/quote]

affordability is one criterion of many.

They MIGHT go for a lower COL metro area.

They might go for an urban location in a high COL area, such as Crystal City.

They might compromise and go with Herndon (or similar in other metros)

I don't know exactly.

If they DO locate in CC, some new folks will live in Arlington, most families with HS age children will not.  Arlington will manage the school capacity issue.

And Amazon will find that CC's combination of walkability, bikability, metrorail, VRE, and buses, provides many options.   It is dense, and I suppose driving is a pain, but it doesn't really feel that congested.

But Herndon, with its convenience to Dulles airport, and to a large tech workforce, has advantages as well. [/quote]

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