CHICAGO—Amazon put out the call two months agofor the proposals it will use to select the host city forHQ2, its new co-headquarters. Hundreds ofmunicipalities submitted applications in hopes of attracting theproject, which could employ as many as 50,000 workers. Urbanists,researchers, pundits, and publications have joined in theendless speculation on the eventual winner. And arecent survey has identified what could be the top prospects.
The team at Sperling's BestPlaces, well knownfor its rankings of the best places to live, collected 18 of whatthey termed the most reputable lists and rankings of potentiallocations. Using those rankings, they tallied how each locationperformed and from that, generated a score for each place.
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Brian J. Rogal
Brian J. Rogal is a Chicago-based freelance writer with years of experience as an investigative reporter and editor, most notably at The Chicago Reporter, where he concentrated on housing issues. He also has written extensively on alternative energy and the payments card industry for national trade publications.
