Jeff Bezos says he will decide Amazon HQ2’s location on intuition

“Ultimately the decision will be made with intuition after gathering and studying a lot of data,” Bezos said. “[T]he best way to make it is you collect as much data as you can, you immerse yourself in that data, but then you make that decision with your heart.”

Over the past few months, Amazon executives have reportedly revisited several of the locations on its shortlist, including Newark, New Jersey, New York City and Chicago, according to an October report in The Wall Street Journal.

As a reminder, these are the 20 locations currently in the running:

  • Atlanta
  • Austin, Texas
  • Boston
  • Chicago
  • Columbus, Ohio
  • Dallas
  • Denver
  • Indianapolis
  • Los Angeles
  • Miami
  • Montgomery County, Md.
  • Nashville, Tenn.
  • Newark, N.J.
  • New York City
  • Northern Virginia
  • Philadelphia
  • Pittsburgh
  • Raleigh, N.C.
  • Toronto
  • Washington, D.C.

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