Nathan Jensen

The good news is, [ these are ] much bigger metro areas, which makes it a lot easier to absorb, for the Austins, the Columbuses, the Nashvilles, this would have been much more of a shock.

I am not sure how this will play out in the public after having this beauty contest across 200 plus locations and promising so much investment and jobs, this could feel like a bait and switch for some cities.

The key for Amazon is that they want to build a second HQ that is an attractive place to live and work for young professionals. This is why quality of life in the city will matter.

Unlike an unplanned expansion of the workforce, cities do have the ability to plan for this. This has been one of my disappointments in not seeing most cities HQ2 proposals. This is exactly the time when we, as a community, can thinking solutions to these challenges.