50,000 jobs and +$5B in investment – we are searching for Amazon HQ2, a second headquarters city in North America https://www.amazon.com/amazonhq2 pic.twitter.com/k24dFAw6zQ- The requirements? It has to be a metropolitan city with more than 1 million people. Los Angeles officials said that they are planning to place a bid.
Los Angeles to bid to become second Amazon headquartersLOS ANGELES >> Amazon officials announced plans today to open a second headquarters in a large city where the company will employ up to 50,000 workers, and Los Angeles is one of the cities planning to bid on the project.“I can conf- As for Long Beach? Well, it'd be a long-shot since the city's population is a little under 500,000. But Mayor Robert Garcia still sent a welcome message to the company via Twitter and announced on Facebook that his team is working to become a part of the competition.
- Welcome to Long Beach 🎉 - Downtown on water - half a million residents - metro to Downtown LA - billions under construction - great peeps! https://twitter.com/amazonnews/status/905734874526613504 …
- However, not too many people were into the idea.
- @RobertGarciaLB No no no. With inadequate housing supply for existing residents and zero renter protections, this would be recipe for total gentrification.
- @RobertGarciaLB No parking for half the residents 🤷🏽♀️
- @RobertGarciaLB this is the worst idea i've ever seen you tweet. worse than being excited for a suicide squad sequel
- @RobertGarciaLB Crippling increases in rent? Swag.
- Others were encouraging and liked the idea of bringing more jobs to Long Beach.
- @RobertGarciaLB - Airport w/flights to SeaTac - Other Tech Cos in region - Build to Suit - Massive seaport - It's Long Beach, dammit!
- @RobertGarciaLB We're gonna see a boom of STEM students out of long beach the next 5 years mark my words. Gonna be awesome.
- @RobertGarciaLB I am sooooo into this!
- It wasn't announced if Long Beach had sent an official proposal, though. So don't start applying for an Amazon job just yet.
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Will Long Beach be a contender for Amazon's second headquarters location?
Amazon announced yesterday that it is looking into big-city options for its second headquarters location. It's looking to hire 50,000 and will invest $5 billion towards construction and operation of the new digs.
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