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These are all of the cities Amazon could choose for its $5 billion headquarters, ranked by the experts by Leanna Garfield and Dennis Green on Jan 18, 2018, 2:54 PM Advertisement
 - Amazon has announced a list of the 20 cities it's considering for its second headquarters.
- Amazon has promised a $5 billion investment and up to 50,000 high-paying jobs in the city it ultimately chooses.
- We combined seven different rankings to come up with a list of the cities that could be most likely to land Amazon's HQ2.
Amazon announced its shortlist of the North American cities that are still in the running for its second headquarters on Thursday. Though 238 states, cities, and regions submitted bids, only 20 metros made the final cut.
The company has promised a $5 billion investment and says HQ2 will bring 50,000 jobs, making it one of the largest corporate-civic giveaways in modern American history. Before Amazon made its official announcement, several news outlets and analysts made their own predictions about the top contenders. Business Insider looked at seven rankings, which included ones from Moody's Analytics, Sperling's BestPlaces, Everest Group, The New York Times, CityLab, The Wall Street Journal, and CNBC. We then noted how many times each city appeared on these lists and its position, giving each list equal weight. With that, we arrived at a final ranking of Amazon's short list of cities for its HQ2. SEE ALSO: Amazon just dropped a major hint about where it wants its new headquarters to be 16. Los Angeles, California and Indianapolis, Indiana  Neither Los Angeles nor Indianapolis appeared on any of the rankings we looked at. For that reason, both cities rank at the bottom of our list.
15. Columbus, Ohio  Appears in: CNBC (C- ranking) Columbus only appeared on one ranking. CNBC considered it jointly with Cleveland, Ohio, and Cincinnati, Ohio. To achieve its final score, CNBC gave the cities an A+ ranking for population, but an F ranking for stability and talent.
14. Toronto, Ontario, Canada  Appears in: Sperling's (12), CityLab "Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has gone out of his way to create a favorable climate for tech companies," CityLab wrote, adding "Toronto has a large amount of developable space in the urban core."
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