OK, what are the options? Here's the list of the top 50 North American metro areas over the desired 1,000,000 population.[1] This gets down to the Nashville, TN area, at 1.8 million, so it's not the full list. Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Cuba are probably out, both for political reasons and being islands. Mexico is probably out given the current administration's positions. San Juan is on an island and too remote, although the tax deal in Puerto Rico might keep it in consideration.
Amazon seems to want a city where they would be a Big Deal, maybe the dominant employer. In New York or LA, they'd just be another big business.
Weather is an issue. They'll want some place that doesn't flood or get snowbound, since their HQ city will include some distribution centers. That knocks out Minneapolis - St. Paul, Houston, Miami, and Tampa.
They probably don't want a super high cost area, which knocks out SF-Oakland-San Jose.
Maybe Washington, DC, too.
Extreme high crime areas are out - that takes out Tijuana and Detroit.
Mass transit is a specified requirement. This takes out cities with weak transit systems.
Not too close to Seattle, since they want to be more geographically distributed. That probably takes out the West Coast cities.
So what's left?
Chicago
Dallas–Fort Worth
Toronto
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Boston
Phoenix
Montreal
Denver
St. Louis
Baltimore
Charlotte
Orlando
San Antonio
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Las Vegas
Kansas City
Cleveland
Columbus
Austin
Indianapolis
Nashville
I'm going to guess Austin or Nashville. Small enough that Amazon can be a big fish in a small pond, big enough to support the work force, liveable enough that people will come, good land availability.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_North_American_metropo...
Amazon seems to want a city where they would be a Big Deal, maybe the dominant employer. In New York or LA, they'd just be another big business.
Weather is an issue. They'll want some place that doesn't flood or get snowbound, since their HQ city will include some distribution centers. That knocks out Minneapolis - St. Paul, Houston, Miami, and Tampa.
They probably don't want a super high cost area, which knocks out SF-Oakland-San Jose. Maybe Washington, DC, too.
Extreme high crime areas are out - that takes out Tijuana and Detroit.
Mass transit is a specified requirement. This takes out cities with weak transit systems.
Not too close to Seattle, since they want to be more geographically distributed. That probably takes out the West Coast cities.
So what's left?
I'm going to guess Austin or Nashville. Small enough that Amazon can be a big fish in a small pond, big enough to support the work force, liveable enough that people will come, good land availability.[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_North_American_metropo...