These big cities didn't make Amazon's HQ cut

Plenty of big cities aren't on Amazon's long short list of 20 places it's still considering for a second headquarters and 50,000 high-paying jobs.

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While the Seattle-based giant kept Atlanta in the running, here are some of the notable cities that aren't:

Phoenix
San Diego
Charlotte
Detroit
Cincinnati
San Francisco
Houston
Montreal
Kansas City

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