HQ2 managers emerged from the meeting with a radically different short list than the one they had proposed. In the second document I reviewed, produced in August, the team reflected that they had left the June session with a decision to follow up on five locations: Dallas, Los Angeles, New York City, Northern Virginia, and Nashville. That eliminated the three top contenders the HQ2 team had recommended, though the paper suggested they revisit Chicago, but only “to minimize potential negative reaction if Chicago does not move forward in the process.” The priorities in the HQ2 search had
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