Amazon planning second headquarters with 50,000 jobs

[rotten42]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

But they're in densely populated regions. Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill has over 2 million people. Nashville metropolitan area has 1.75 million, and is growing rapidly. Greater Pittsburgh has 2.3 mil. Greater Columbus over 2 mil.

People in Western Canada maybe don't realize that what we have here - cities surrounded by essentially unpopulated hinterlands - is not the norm in the older parts of the continent, where cities flow into one another in unbroken built up areas.

Exactly. I split my time each month between Calgary and the Charlotte area. Thee is traffic here everywhere. Every 5 minutes on the freeway you are in another smaller city.

[Weitz]

Originally Posted by Wormius

I wonder how that rock is doing now. Has it flipped any more cars lately?

I thought they removed it? Which is hilarious.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by Weitz

I thought they removed it? Which is hilarious.

They did. I was just pondering if it found anything to do in its new location. Probably lonely without the traffic or paparazzi.

[Hockeyguy15]

It's in a park now where it can roam freely.

[Northendzone]

^ hopefully they put it next to other rocks so it can tell it's story.

maybe it is close to the rock of ages or other famous rocks like the stone of triumph and the stone of shame form the simpsons.

anyways, we will all eventually be working for amazon, so they will eventually move here

[SeeGeeWhy]

I know this is a sh*tty thing to say, but stuff like this makes me worried that I've picked a bad place to raise my kids.

Maybe I'm paying attention to the wrong people creating change, opportunity, and new things in the world... but when I listen to them, they're always hanging out in places that simply aren't the Calgary-Edmonton corridor.

What, exactly, is our "megacluster" all about?

[_Q_]

Originally Posted by SeeGeeWhy

I know this is a sh*tty thing to say, but stuff like this makes me worried that I've picked a bad place to raise my kids.

Maybe I'm paying attention to the wrong people creating change, opportunity, and new things in the world... but when I listen to them, they're always hanging out in places that simply aren't the Calgary-Edmonton corridor.

What, exactly, is our "megacluster" all about?

I don't think Amazon was going to be the ones to bring change and opportunity to this world. They are what they are, the number one retailer in the world. I don't see them expanding on that much.

I do agree with you, Alberta does need some risk takers. I think that's a discussion for another thread, though.

[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by Ducay

I look at the list and literally almost every one of them makes more business sense than Calgary.

I'm going to go ahead and make a smart ass reply to this:


Considering this is literally a list of cities that make the most business sense for Amazon, and Calgary isn't on it, I would say your observation is both accurate and insightful.

[CroFlames]

Originally Posted by SeeGeeWhy

I know this is a sh*tty thing to say, but stuff like this makes me worried that I've picked a bad place to raise my kids.

Maybe I'm paying attention to the wrong people creating change, opportunity, and new things in the world... but when I listen to them, they're always hanging out in places that simply aren't the Calgary-Edmonton corridor.

What, exactly, is our "megacluster" all about?

Calgary a "bad" place to raise kids? You think it's better to raise them in NYC, Boston, DC, San Fran, Dallas, Chicago, LA, etc because big companies are attracted to those locations?

Calgary has tons of big city opportunity without the, lets call them "social" problems, those mega-American cities have.

I wish Southern Alberta had more lakes. Other than that inconvenience, this is an awesome place to live and raise a family IMO.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Hockeyguy15

It's in a park now where it can roam freely.

Godspeed Rock! Godspeed!

[_Q_]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

Calgary a "bad" place to raise kids? You think it's better to raise them in NYC, Boston, DC, San Fran, Dallas, Chicago, LA, etc because big companies are attracted to those locations?

Calgary has tons of big city opportunity without the, lets call them "social" problems, those mega-American cities have.

I wish Southern Alberta had more lakes. Other than that inconvenience, this is an awesome place to live and raise a family IMO.

Those mega cities are really not bad at all to raise a family. I can see why one would chose a smaller place like Calgary, but don't kid yourself, a lot of the cities on your list are great in their own way as well.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by _Q_

Those mega cities are really not bad at all to raise a family. I can see why one would chose a smaller place like Calgary, but don't kid yourself, a lot of the cities on your list are great in their own way as well.

This is where I grew up and look how well I turned out!

Spoiler!

[Strange Brew]

Atlanta, Austin and Denver are my top 3.

[chemgear]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

Calgary a "bad" place to raise kids? You think it's better to raise them in NYC, Boston, DC, San Fran, Dallas, Chicago, LA, etc because big companies are attracted to those locations?

The San Fran "Dog or Human" game.

http://justice.gawker.com/the-street...###-1679930931

The Streets of San Francisco Are Covered in Human ####

http://sfist.com/2012/07/26/volume_o...e_wheels_b.php

Sheer Volume Of Excrement In Machinery Breaking BART Escalators

Map of Poop

http://mochimachine.org/wasteland/

[Weitz]

Originally Posted by Strange Brew

Atlanta, Austin and Denver are my top 3.

I think Boston is in there. They are going tech heavy and MIT is right there.

[SebC]

So we didn't offer enough corporate welfare, huh?

[Muffins]

Originally Posted by Locke

This is where I grew up and look how well I turned out!

Spoiler!

Did you become a judge?

[afc wimbledon]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

Calgary a "bad" place to raise kids? You think it's better to raise them in NYC, Boston, DC, San Fran, Dallas, Chicago, LA, etc because big companies are attracted to those locations?

Calgary has tons of big city opportunity without the, lets call them "social" problems, those mega-American cities have.

I wish Southern Alberta had more lakes. Other than that inconvenience, this is an awesome place to live and raise a family IMO.

The guys that decide where this goes don't have to deal with any of the social downsides of where ever this thing goes, for them you could put in downtown Damascus and other than a slight smell of burning flesh wafting in from outside the gated community they'd be barely aware there was a war on.

[OldDutch]

Originally Posted by SeeGeeWhy

I know this is a sh*tty thing to say, but stuff like this makes me worried that I've picked a bad place to raise my kids.

Maybe I'm paying attention to the wrong people creating change, opportunity, and new things in the world... but when I listen to them, they're always hanging out in places that simply aren't the Calgary-Edmonton corridor.

What, exactly, is our "megacluster" all about?

My friend said a similar thing. That he hopes his kids move away from Calgary as he feels the city has peaked. I see his point, but yours I think is too far.

Your infering that Calgary is bad now and for the next 20 years. Raising your kids now in Calgary is a no brainer. It a top 5 world city on many metrics. Safe, clean, relatively affordable. Heck the company I work for which is not in oil and massive will be here for the long haul.

Maybe just maybe your kids won’t want to stay, but there isn’t much chance of Calgary needing Robocop to patrol any time soon.

[CroFlames]

Originally Posted by _Q_

Those mega cities are really not bad at all to raise a family. I can see why one would chose a smaller place like Calgary, but don't kid yourself, a lot of the cities on your list are great in their own way as well.

I've lived in an American mega city and I loved it. I was young, childless and employed. Have you ever been unemployed or uninsured while in the USA? What if your kid had a chronic or rare condition? You'd go bankrupt. People who choose to raise a family move to the suburbs I find.

So yeah, the cities themselves are bad to raise families. Try having 2 or 3 kids in a Manhattan apartment on a middle class income.