Amazon $5 Billion New Headquarters... Amazon Narrows Cities To Top 20 List

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I think they are going to choose Columbus, Ohio. He purposely stated that he would rather go to a growing midsized city, and considering Columbus, Ohio is one of the fastest growing cities in the U.S. (it jumped from 750k to 900k from 2010-2017, and is expected to break the million mark by 2020, and it's metro area is already 3M+), it is only 45 minutes away from Dayton, OH which has the largest Air Force Base in the World and three massive research laboratories for government tech, some of the lowest taxes in the country, AND Columbus is the most educated city per capital in the U.S. with hundreds of thousands of people with degrees, it just makes sense. Like...it's home to OSU which is the 2nd largest University in the country with 70k+ students. And alot of those graduates choose to stay in Columbus which is why it's booming. Columbus has like two skylines: it's downtown area and then the University area which comprises of like 25 different booming urban neighborhoods. 

Plus it's a super clean and nice city that is outpacing Indianapolis, Minneapolis, and Chicago as being the main city of the Midwest. 

Fun fact: Columbus, Ohio has the largest Gay Pride Festival in the Midwest outside of Chicago, drawing in 6 Million people every summer. It has four gay districts: Short North, German Village, Clintonville, and the Arena District and one of the highest LGBTQ per capital populations in the United States.