Toronto has made the cut of the top 20 cities that e-commerce giant Amazon is considering for its second headquarters.

Toronto is the only Canadian city to make the short list after over 10 cities across the country made a pitch to become the second home of the world’s biggest online merchandise seller.

The full list:

• Atlanta
• Austin
• Boston
• Chicago
• Columbus, Ohio
• Dallas
• Denver
• Indianapolis
• Los Angeles
• Miami
• Montgomery County, Md.
• Nashville
• Newark
• New York City
• Northern Virginia
• Philadelphia
• Pittsburgh
• Raleigh, N.C.
• Toronto
• Washington, D.C.

Source: CBC News

Date: January 18th, 2018

Link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/toronto-amazon-technology-1.4492803

Discussion

1) What is about these 20 cities that placed them in the top 20 for Amazon?

2) Apple announced that it was also going to build a second HQ.  Would Amazon and Apple be looking for the same things in a second HQ location, or will there be differences?