The Bay Area has seen this as tech workers move south of San Francisco for more affordable homes. In Seattle, Amazon is currently considering where it will place a second headquarters. Cities across America have speculated, and hoped, that their town will become the home of HQ2 (and the jobs that come with it). One thing is certain, Amazon won’t be expanding in its hometown of Seattle, or Washington state. Affordability for its tech talent seems to be a major consideration for job-providing companies.