Scrapr ★ Posted January 18, 2018 Share #1 Posted January 18, 2018 Will not come to Portland. Puddletown got embarrassed and shamed into submitting a bid. All the cool kids were doing it. So about 3 months ago P town slid one up the highway. Probably didn't help that the bid was predicated on high speed train commutes between tbe 2 cities. Yeah. The train that derailed going 80 in a 30. All you hipsters and neer do wells .stay out. We are full up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 18, 2018 Share #2 Posted January 18, 2018 Can we at least come visit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted January 18, 2018 Share #3 Posted January 18, 2018 That train wreck was such a train wreck! Who goes over twice the speed limit on opening day with a train full of luminaries/guests/people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted January 18, 2018 Share #4 Posted January 18, 2018 12 minutes ago, Scrapr said: Will not come to Portland. Puddletown got embarrassed and shamed into submitting a bid. All the cool kids were doing it. So about 3 months ago P town slid one up the highway. Probably didn't help that the bid was predicated on high speed train commutes between tbe 2 cities. Yeah. The train that derailed going 80 in a 30. All you hipsters and neer do wells .stay out. We are full up Hoe aboot shitkickers and Methodists? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted January 19, 2018 Share #5 Posted January 19, 2018 I hope Toronto doesn't get it. We don't need 50,000 more commuters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerrySTL ★ Posted January 19, 2018 Share #6 Posted January 19, 2018 St. Louis put in a bid. Amazon must have gotten a laugh out of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted January 19, 2018 Share #7 Posted January 19, 2018 They want land and Bombardier is putting Downsview airport up for sale. I hope that isn't enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrapr ★ Posted January 19, 2018 Author Share #8 Posted January 19, 2018 1 hour ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: Hoe aboot shitkickers and Methodists? Let me check the list: Southern Baptist? Full Mormons? Full Ironic mustachio caffe latte with a free range cinanamon Full up Looks like Methodists are in And sh!t kickers too. Those have to stay on the east side though. Fortunately that is @Dirtyhip side (for now) And you have to catch here at home too. She has a crap ton of vacay and isn't afraid to use it All others welcome to visit. Bring yer own food cart. Try $15.75 sliders. That niche is only lightly represented I am LOL at the PDX. I am sure they are heart broken on the rejection. 3 months before? Have some backbone and stand on your principles. No Multi nationals!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted January 19, 2018 Share #9 Posted January 19, 2018 1 hour ago, Wilbur said: They want land and Bombardier is putting Downsview airport up for sale. I hope that isn't enough. Toronto on the list, might be just to get the other remaining 19 to game-up since some will wondering about Toronto and not know much about Toronto. So Toronto may be put there as a dark, but viable horse. Well you know, Canada the underdog....fine. Let us just invent in our background and conquer the world market. (which is what Shopify is doing right now and some of our major national banks.) You know, a foreign techie but friendly threat. I'm not surprised that Calgary was not short-listed, even though we did submit a serous bid. We don't have the breadth and depth of techie expertise that Amazone wants compared to what is found in Metro Toronto and Waterloo. We're abit too isolated in the mid-prairies....which is why Denver may not get it. Wrong part of the continent. If Toronto doesn't get it, you still have a strong economic base now. That's why Mayor Tory didn't want to submit any millions of tax exemptions, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf Posted January 19, 2018 Share #10 Posted January 19, 2018 I can't wait until we get turned down. Not only don't we have the infrastructure to support it (e.g., roads wider than two lanes), but I guarantee we'd be raked over the coals and lose some of our humanity in the process. Amazon's useful for buying products. But moving in here? They can suck it. I'll celebrate when they turn us down. Oh good - we didn't make the cut. Now - I can celebrate. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dinneR ★ Posted January 19, 2018 Popular Post Share #11 Posted January 19, 2018 Blueprints have been leaked of Amazon HQ2 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrapr ★ Posted January 19, 2018 Author Share #12 Posted January 19, 2018 Is Miles City still in? They gots lots of open land. For freeways and such Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted January 19, 2018 Share #13 Posted January 19, 2018 5 BILLYUN dollars? WTH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted January 19, 2018 Share #14 Posted January 19, 2018 CT didn't even come close to the 20 however we do get a fulfilment center Near North Haven on abandoned Pratt and Whitney Aircraft manufacturing land. Gosh, I hope they take soil samples before they build. That place was a grinding center knows as "oil city". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Zacharia Posted January 19, 2018 Share #15 Posted January 19, 2018 5 hours ago, dennis said: Blueprints have been leaked of Amazon HQ2 We already have an established Kessel Run in Pittsburgh. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slow_Guy_On_Bike Posted January 19, 2018 Share #16 Posted January 19, 2018 Nice to see that Indianapolis is still in the hunt. For some reason, Gary, Indiana didn't make the list. Hmmmm, I wonder why? It being the $h*th*le of Indiana probably did not help its already slim chances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf Posted January 20, 2018 Share #17 Posted January 20, 2018 15 hours ago, Prophet Zacharia said: We already have an established Kessel Run in Pittsburgh. Yes, but can you do it in less than twelve parsecs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheep_herder ★ Posted January 20, 2018 Share #18 Posted January 20, 2018 On 1/18/2018 at 6:29 PM, shootingstar said: Toronto on the list, might be just to get the other remaining 19 to game-up since some will wondering about Toronto and not know much about Toronto. So Toronto may be put there as a dark, but viable horse. Well you know, Canada the underdog....fine. Let us just invent in our background and conquer the world market. (which is what Shopify is doing right now and some of our major national banks.) You know, a foreign techie but friendly threat. I'm not surprised that Calgary was not short-listed, even though we did submit a serous bid. We don't have the breadth and depth of techie expertise that Amazone wants compared to what is found in Metro Toronto and Waterloo. We're abit too isolated in the mid-prairies....which is why Denver may not get it. Wrong part of the continent. If Toronto doesn't get it, you still have a strong economic base now. That's why Mayor Tory didn't want to submit any millions of tax exemptions, etc. Funny, I always thought of Denver as being rather 'techie', but what do I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted January 20, 2018 Share #19 Posted January 20, 2018 4 minutes ago, sheep_herder said: Funny, I always thought of Denver as being rather 'techie', but what do I know. I honestly think that Amazon wants to position HQ2 location, towards the eastern coast of North America. Not right on the coast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Zacharia Posted January 20, 2018 Share #20 Posted January 20, 2018 1 hour ago, Honey Badger said: Yes, but can you do it in less than twelve parsecs? Phil can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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