More importantly, Boston is much heavier into manufacturing technology, hardware, B2B software, etc whereas NYC is more focused on consumer, retail, fashion, etc. Boston is pretty clearly a better choice for GE.
In reality GE's HQ in Boston will represent a tiny fraction of their global employees, though, so it doesn't really matter. https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2016/03/11/huge-but-its...
More importantly, Boston is much heavier into manufacturing technology, hardware, B2B software, etc whereas NYC is more focused on consumer, retail, fashion, etc. Boston is pretty clearly a better choice for GE.
In reality GE's HQ in Boston will represent a tiny fraction of their global employees, though, so it doesn't really matter. https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2016/03/11/huge-but-its...