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Maybe they see an opportunity to be the first major tech company with a headquarters powered by tidal generation.

Miami I think is going to have a big future. At current growth rates it will be #6 biggest city by population, still cheap, nice quality of life. Also as far away as you can get from Seattle in every way, so probably not a great pick for HQ2, but we'll hear more from this city I think.

Unfortunately, Miami's tech scene is really small, especially for it's size. Ft. Lauderdale has a bigger one, but still not very impressive. Amazon would be hard pressed to find enough qualified engineers here that I think it's not viable. I could see a smaller office opening for Latin America though, as we have communities from essentially every country in the region.

I'm surprised to see it as well, and assume it will be one of the first to get crossed off. I worked near Ft Lauderdale/Miami for awhile and its just too small of an area and very expensive already.