ATTOM Data Solutions has ranked the finalists for Amazon.com’s proposed second headquarters based on housing and quality of life.
Raleigh, North Carolina -- with relatively affordable homes, above-average school scores and below-average crime rates and property taxes -- is No. 1, according to the curator of data on America’s property market.
Boston -- considered by some a favorite -- is last. New York also ranks poorly.
Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Nashville and Austin round out the top five.
The Washington area trio of Montgomery County, Maryland, the District of Columbia and Northern Virginia -- all making separate bids -- are No. 9, No. 12 and No. 13.
While there are 20 finalists, ATTOM ranked 19 U.S. locations only. The other finalist is Toronto in Canada.
Seattle-based Amazon.com’s second corporate headquarters is projected to cost more than $5 billion and create 50,000 jobs over 10 to 15 years.
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