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Three candidate cities are in the same metro area (DC).

* Montgomery county, MD

* Northern Virginia

* Washington DC

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I think this is politically smart and that one of these 3 will end up being the winner. The current US administration is very anti amazon. It is a little tougher for politicians and staff to publicly bash a company when 50k of their employees live and work in the same zip code.

This logic doesn't hold up. Trump bashes us Washingtonians/Marylanders all the time. And the feeling is mutual back at him with a large large majority of the population.

I don't see DC happening though. Not enough land to build. Traffic is a mess.

But wouldn't be surprised if they pick NoVA.

Not sure much about MD, I think VA traditionally had a more favorable tax structure.

I believe that one of these is the most likely winner.

If they’re strategically trying to eat IBM’s and Oracle’s lunch, then a DC presence would be a good choice.

Same metro area.. totally different politics, rules, and regulations.

And there you have it. Northern Virginia will win this hands down if it's up against neighboring Montgomery County (which is where I live). Northern VA wins in infrastructure, existing tech culture, housing, and transportation options. But, the primary reason is that Montgomery County politics will never bend to accommodate Amazon in a competitive situation like this, and it's been that way for 30 years.

I live in Rockville, MD and I couldn't agree more with the county politics.

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