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Originally Posted by Lubicon
Austin is home to Dell (HP?) and has a healthy hi tech economy. Amazon would be competing for talent and thus wages would be driven higher. Just like what happens here every time the energy industry goes through a large hiring cycle.
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This is actually a good point that might not be a big factor but is one Amazon will definitely consider. There is a very real tech shortage in the US, not because there’s is a lack of qualified people, but because certain (big) markets are very saturated with big companies. Available jobs often outnumbers available talent.
Now, Amazon would easily attract talent, but there is value in being an untapped market for it. Even if Amazon doesn’t come here, this could easily put our name in the heads of a lot of medium-sized companies that are forced to look elsewhere to fill positions, a move here might make sense.
Being a big market has advantages, but being a small untapped market has incredible advantages as well.