If Amazon wants to do good for our country, it should build its new mecca in Columbus, Ohio, or Lexington, Ky., or some other city that is in desperate need of an infusion of growth and new energy. There would be no better monument to Jeff Bezos and the power of Amazon than to take a struggling location and turn it into a winner.

NORMA MOORE

BOULDER, COLO.

My pitch for Baltimore is very simple. 1) Amazon could have a genuinely transformative effect on the city — the need is great; 2) Baltimore has a well-educated population, walkable downtown and functioning infrastructure; and 3) the symbolism of investing in the city most symbolic of our nation’s divides would send a powerful message that the country sorely needs.

Baltimore, in short, occupies the sweet spot at the intersection of need, ability and regenerative possibility. There is no better place to invest in our nation’s future.

PAUL T. MCCARTNEY

BALTIMORE

As a book author, I’ve had ongoing headaches with Amazon. I propose that Amazon put its new headquarters in the South Pole-Aitken basin on the dark side of the moon. It is very spacious, 1,600 miles in diameter — so big it can be shared with Walmart. Perhaps if we can remove those companies from the face of the earth we can get our nice little local bookstores and other retail outlets back. This will improve our local economies and hopefully provide decent-paying jobs for our neighbors.

MARTHA SHELLEY

PORTLAND, ORE.

While we cannot top the foggy lattes of Seattle, sunny San Antonio has a lot to offer, and that goes well beyond our world-famous River Walk. Our charming and storied history complements the new and rapid growth of our talented work force, which now numbers over one million in the metropolitan area. We have tens of thousands of employees in the tech industry, and our robust stock of affordable housing can easily house the young talent your team needs. So, Jeff Bezos, come discover why so many more people are calling the Alamo City home, and how Amazon fits perfectly into our pro-business, pro-Tex-Mex environment.

DANNY KHALIL

SAN ANTONIO

The writer is research and policy analyst for Centro San Antonio, the city’s nonprofit downtown partnership.

Dear Amazon: We invite you to Boston, a dense, bustling, modern yet historic city. We offer a deep talent pool continuously enriched by a constellation of colleges, natural beauty, a vibrant cultural life, and attractive housing for your employees, from executives to staff.