People say what they want to say, especially online. If you hopped over to the City Discussion forum, you'd see posters like Sun Belt saying they'll be in Dallas, Houston, or Austin because weather. This is starting to feel like next level trolling by Amazon. I doubt it'll have long term effects on growth, but there are sure to be a lot of snake-bitten people if and when Amazon decides on a location for HQ2 that is not their city of choice. Lets hope it's not us