Native Dallasite

Why Dallas will be selected for Amazon HQ2, based on compelling business data points as outlined below:

* 4th largest metro in nation
* # 1 in population growth
* # 1 in overall job growth, and projected to be at forefront of office jobs creation between 2017-2019
* 40,310 tech jobs created in last 5 years with Dallas area known as Silicon Prairie
* # 5 in nation in overall tech labor pool with 161,150 tech jobs, and growing
* # 1 in nation for attracting skilled talent (see article link below)
* # 1 in growth percentage in number of tech degrees being granted
* # 1 in residential construction (multi-family & single family)
* # 2 in office space construction, and projected to be at forefront of worldwide office construction boom between 2017-2019
* # 1 in net office space absorption, first nine months of 2017
* in 2016 jumped to #4 in the nation in GDP (leapfrogging both Washington D.C. & Houston in one year)
* in 2016 jumped to #1 in Texas as largest concentration of Fortune 500 headquarters with 22
* as of 2016 the undisputed financial and economic center of the entire South and Southwest (see above)
* ranks among the lowest in cost of living among all major metros in nation
* home to the largest light rail transit system in nation, and adding second major Downtown subway line
* with DFW - home to a major international airport, and growing in global importance annually
* with Love Field - home to a second major national airport, that is close-in to city center, and growing
* major national logistics hub with 4 interstates converging in city and a 5th interstate loop around the city
* home to a major medical district with UT Southwestern, growing bigger and more important every year
* equi-distant from East and West coasts and equi-distant from Canada to Mexico/Central  America

http://www.economicmodeling.com/2017/06/16/which-metro-areas-attract-the-most-talent/