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12.3% 7.5% 18.9% 8.7% 11.5% 10.1% 8.2% 7%

vacancy vacancy vacancy Midtown vacancy vacancy vacancy vacancy
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inventory: 47.1 million inventory: 38.5 million inventory: 110.2 million space inventory: 243.1 inventory: 132.7 inventory: 90.5 inventory: 52.3 inventory: 178 million
square feet square feet square feet million s.f. million square feet million square feet million square feet square feet

Population (2016): Population (2016): Population (2016): Population (2016): Population (2016): Population (2016): Population (2016): Population (2016):
5,926,955 1,794,570 20,031,443 20,031,443 6,047,721 2,354,926 1,243,720 5,967,200
Median age: Median age: Median age: Median age: Median age: Median age: Median age: Median age:
40.6 years 36.3 years 38.0 years 38.0 years 38.4 years 42.9 years 36.1 years 39.4 years
Adults with bachelor’s Adults with Adults with bachelor’s Adults with bachelor’s Adults with bachelor’s Adults with bachelor’s Adults with bachelor’s Adults with bachelor’s
degrees: 30.1% bachelor’s degrees: degrees: 38.1% degrees: 38.1% degrees: 35.5% degrees: 32.5% degrees: 44.3% degrees: 40.9%
Households with 33% Households with Households with Households with Households with Households with Households with
incomes of $150,000 Households with incomes of $150,000 incomes of $150,000 incomes of $150,000 incomes of $150,000 incomes of $150,000 incomes of $150,000
or more: 10.3% incomes of $150,000 or more: 19.3% or more: 19.3% or more: 15.2% or more: 9.3% or more: 14.2% or more: 19.4%
or more: 10.2% Commute in 14
Commute in 14 Commute in 14 Commute in 14 Commute in 14 Commute in 14 Commute in 14
minutes or less:
minutes or less: 17.6% Commute in 14 minutes or less: 16.4% minutes or less: minutes or less: minutes or less: minutes or less:
16.4%
minutes or less: NOTE: Newark and New
21.5% 25.0% 22.1% 14.2%
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statistics are the same because
BECAUSE ... Miami because the U.S. Census Bureau
the U.S. Census Bureau includes
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has a history when HQ2 WILL BE includes the two cities in one
the two cities in one demographic HERE BECAUSE BECAUSE ... the city BECAUSE ... the BECAUSE ... the city
demographic region.
it comes to enticing HERE BECAUSE ... region. ... Pennsylvania is already home to Raleigh-Durham area
Amazon. In Miami- Nashville is the dark HQ2 WILL BE HERE has been a favorite Amazon’s research in has three top-tier of transportation
HQ2 WILL BE HERE
Dade County, Amazon horse. Its connection BECAUSE ... state land spot for other speech recognition universities (Duke, options and a variety
BECAUSE ... the city
received $1.5 million to Amazon is strong. Amazon facilities, and automobile North Carolina and of entertainment and
in tax rebates and Last year, the which total more than technologies. North Carolina State) sporting venues — all
50 million square
another $5 million company announced incentives to Amazon. 7 million square feet in the Triangle, features Amazon said
feet of commercial
for infrastructure that it would open in the state. HQ2 WON’T BE opening up a it was looking for in
space across the five
improvements through HERE BECAUSE ... significant talent its search.
the state is prepared boroughs.
a county bond. Greater Nashville. HQ2 WON’T BE Pittsburgh pool.
HQ2 WON’T BE HERE BECAUSE ... is one of only two HQ2 WON’T BE
$7 billion in tax breaks
HQ2 WON’T BE HQ2 WON’T BE HERE BECAUSE ... local support for the Rust Belt cities HQ2 WON’T BE HERE BECAUSE ...
and other incentives
HERE BECAUSE ... HERE BECAUSE ... it’s NYC, which means big incentives that on Amazon’s list HERE BECAUSE
to land HQ2.
Miami is among the the city lags behind Amazon wouldn’t be drew Amazon to the of 20, indicating ... despite the remain major hurdles
oldest cities on the top contenders HQ2 WON’T BE a big fish in a small region in the past the company’s reputation for higher in the Toronto metro
list with a median in adults with HERE BECAUSE ... pond. might be waning. preference to land education, the area area.
age of 40.6, and it is bachelor’s degrees the area’s commute farther east. has a relatively small
at the bottom of the (33 percent) and, times rank near the labor market.
list for percentage of according to bottom of the cities
adults with bachelor’s CompTIA, it ranks
degrees. Add to that 41st in the nation with a population of
rough commutes, and for percentage of 20 million, room for
Miami seems like a workers in the tech growth remains a
less attractive spot for industry. major question.
HQ2.