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.

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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