The “Texas Miracle” loses some of its magic as Oracle announces it’s moving its new HQ out of Austin and Tesla lays off nearly 2,700 workers.

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      6 months ago

      Estateware you can’t get an abortion and the power grid isn’t stable who’s only attraction was cheaper rent than San Francisco and even that’s not really a thing anymore? What a dumb move

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        6 months ago

        I would invite you to consider that tech billionaires value their talent so little that they’d make them move to Texas for a tax break.

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          I was asked to relocate to Texas for a position when I was hired. I said no thanks and went to the NYC office instead.

          I know I wasn’t the only one to do this.

          They were trying to hire in Austin and instead only found NYC talent. Tough break for them.

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        Well, I heard that Austin is very good and progressive, especially compared to the rest of Texas, and feels free of weird shit. But that was quite some time ago, and now it seems not to outweigh being in Texas anymore

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          Unfortunately, you would still be a blue dot in a sea of red backwater thinking, human rights limiting, crazy religious, and racist people that make up Texas as a whole.

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          The state government also hates the city and works to actively sabotage it. When they tried to reform their police after they murdered several protestors, the state took over the department. Despite being a small city, it has terrible transportation because the state never allocates any funding for it.

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          Austin is progressive compared to the rest of Texas, but that’s faint praise.

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        I’ve never understood the logic with the rent. Of course it’s cheaper, the weather is shitty and you’re stuck in the middle of fucking Texas. Texas is a trash state full of backwards laws and extremists.

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      6 months ago

      Right? I always wondered why tech moved to Texas it has all the things data centers would hate:

      • unstable electricity
      • high heat
      • high property taxes

      If anything, I’d think they’d move to the great lakes.

      • Close to the Chicago IXP
      • Water for energy
      • Cool weather
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        6 months ago

        Keep them out of our post industrial hellhole!

        But for real idk if these people can handle snow, so give it a few years before they move here

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          6 months ago

          They in fact cannot. Neither California nor Texas is prepared for freezing in any sense of the word.

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            LA is bad with snow but its also not a factor for most of em. I fucken hate snow but I know how to deal with it cause im in the foothills of the San Bernardino mountains and it sometimes slushes the fuck up. I hate it. Also NorCal freezes a lot theres areason why the Donner party happened up there.