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• anon22 January 20, 2018 at 2:47 am

  Houston is the kid who never showed up for class, didn’t comprehend any of the homework, didn’t understand how to prepare for the test and still expected to walk away with an A. If only it were that easy.
• Cody January 22, 2018 at 1:20 pm

  anon22: Totally disagree. I think Houston checked most boxes.
• anon22 January 22, 2018 at 3:06 pm

  Somehow Houston even got snubbed from list of “the biggest snubs” – http://money.cnn.com/2018/01/19/technology/amazon-hq2-shortlist-snubs/index.html – when even El Paso/Juarez had a better shot, it stands to reason that, in hindsight, mere box-checking probably wasn’t going to impress.
• Tony January 23, 2018 at 1:00 am

  Houston, amid all the positive attributes it could offer Amazon, lives in the shadow of the ignoble image cast by the fossil fuel industry. Tech companies situate in progressive, non-conservative sites where creative & open-minded thinkers thrive. That Austin & Dallas can survive Amazon’s first cut says alot about what kind of workforce gravitates to an industry that requires its best thinkers to practice extreme cognitive dissonance, conformity, & political conservatism.
• Txcon January 25, 2018 at 7:53 am

  There was no way Amazon was going to announce they were coming here after Harvey – even if Jeff Bezos went to River Oaks elementary.
• anon22 January 27, 2018 at 12:00 am

  Amazon’s just preparing for the eventuality of being split up for antitrust reasons. They can’t bring any positive value, I am sorry to say. Being ready to compete for Trump’s infrastructure plan dollars will be much more beneficial in the short, medium and long run.