On: Amazon Selects New York City and Northern Virginia for New Headquarters

[patrickmay]

I was really hoping for Raleigh and/or Dallas. Instead, Amazon picked two places where the cost of living is worse than Seattle.

[amyjess → patrickmay]

As a Dallasite, I've been hoping we won't get it because it would send our housing prices through the stratosphere and ruin traffic for a generation.

From what I've seen, the reaction to this news on /r/Dallas is very positive. We don't want Amazon here.

(Though I figured it was going to be NoVa from the start. I was just terrified I'd be wrong.)

[akhilcacharya → patrickmay]

I'm from Raleigh but I"m not convinced Raleigh-area schools have the talent required and willing.

[electricslpnsld → akhilcacharya]

The Triangle has a number of good schools: Duke and UNC are both in the top 25 CS programs in the US. I've worked with some NCSU CS grads in the past and they've also been great.

[akhilcacharya → electricslpnsld]

Duke and UNC are tiny CS programs. I went to NC State, and it's definitely not in the same tier for undergrad.

[tjbarkley → patrickmay]

Yeah, but some of the CEO's houses are in these two areas.