WSJ picks Boston as a top contender for Amazon’s second headquarters
The newspaper cited the city’s “great sports-bar scene” and “a millennial population that has grown about 9% since 2012.”
The Wall Street Journal has chosen Boston as one of the cities most likely to house Amazon’s second headquarters, according to an analysis published Tuesday.
Amazon invited cities and regions to submit proposals and announced last month that it had received 238 from across North America.
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Boston laid out its case in a 218-page document, focusing on Suffolk Downs as the potential site. Using Amazon’s criteria and interviews with experts familiar with Amazon’s thinking, the Journal ranked the top 12 cities, including Amazon’s first home in Seattle.
Each region was ranked on six factors included in Amazon’s request for proposals: tech labor force, fiscal health, cost of living, college population, culture fit, and state tax rank. Based on this method, the Journal found that Dallas, Boston, and Washington D.C., respectively, have the “strongest characteristics.”
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Boston got top scores on fiscal health and culture fit, with the Journal citing the city’s “great sports-bar scene” and “a millennial population that has grown about 9% since 2012.”
For tech labor force, college population, and state tax rank, Boston scored around the middle. The city ranked worst for cost of living, though it scored higher than D.C. on that metric.
Amazon is expected to make a decision sometime next year.
