The New York Times has picked Denver as the new home for Amazon’s second headquarters: they started out with 50 contenders and weighed requirements including quality of life, mass-transit, and “space and the willingness to play.” After finally considering Boston and Washington D.C., the Times arrived at Denver as the obvious choice.



The city’s lifestyle and affordability, coupled with the supply of tech talent from nearby universities, has already helped build a thriving start-up scene in Denver and Boulder, 40 minutes away. Big tech companies, including Google, Twitter, Oracle and I.B.M., have offices in the two cities. Denver has been attracting college graduates at an even faster rate than the largest cities. The region has the benefits of places like San Francisco and Seattle, but the cost of living is still low enough to make it affordable, and lots of big-city refugees have been moving there for this reason.

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