Earlier quoted context omitted.
Texas doesn't have a full time legislature so unlike California the amount of damage they can do is limited.
Even better than a part time legislature, in fact. Texas only meets for a few months every other year.
Silicon Valley exodus: Bay Area tech companies leaving for Texas
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Re: Silicon Valley exodus: Bay Area tech companies leaving for Texas
#42I think this is over played because the articles get views. First the Bay was in trouble because everyone is going to work from Tahoe and Iowa. Then tech companies continued to lease new office space so we've got to have a different doomsday. Are the headquarters staff for these three companies vital to the Bay area economy? I'm not too worried. The more interesting question is which city will have the largest crop o…
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#43I wonder if the people fleeing California will end up voting for the same bad policies that are the reason they had to leave in the first place. That is, do they connect the bad policies to the bad outcomes, or will they still favor the bad policies? There is one major area for tech people where Texas may prove a nasty surprise to employees: non-compete agreements. For large employers this may be a bonus though as th…
Alternatively, the influx of tech money greatly increases the cost of property in Texas. In turn, senior residents start to no longer be able to afford to keep up their property taxes. Eventually a proposition appears on the ballot to limit the growth of property taxes...
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#44I wonder if the people fleeing California will end up voting for the same bad policies that are the reason they had to leave in the first place. That is, do they connect the bad policies to the bad outcomes, or will they still favor the bad policies? There is one major area for tech people where Texas may prove a nasty surprise to employees: non-compete agreements. For large employers this may be a bonus though as th…
I made this point about not voting for the same policies that caused people to leave California in the Oracle exodus story and got downvoted to death.
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#45Does climate change play an unspoken role in this? Is California is an increasingly unstable place from an ecology perspective?
There are many negative things about living in California, but I’ve never heard anyone say that an unstable ecology is one of them.
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#46HP is not SV. Oracle isnt SV. They arent major players. Maybe there is a larger trend that may come to fruition, but I dont think that will happen. Also, Austin Tx is over crowded already. There is a housing shortage there, we are doomed to see another SF real estate shortage if this becomes true.
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#47I wonder if the people fleeing California will end up voting for the same bad policies that are the reason they had to leave in the first place. That is, do they connect the bad policies to the bad outcomes, or will they still favor the bad policies? There is one major area for tech people where Texas may prove a nasty surprise to employees: non-compete agreements. For large employers this may be a bonus though as th…
What particular policies did people vote for that contributed to their reasons for fleeing?
https://fortune.com/2020/12/03/los-angeles-new-lockdown-rule...
dannyincolor - He issued an order. Its not an ask. This isnt a where you live thing, this is a govt overstepping their bounds thing. Id have no problem with asking.
Re: Silicon Valley exodus: Bay Area tech companies leaving for Texas
#48Silicon Valley won't even leave behind interesting urban ruins.
Re: Silicon Valley exodus: Bay Area tech companies leaving for Texas
#49I wonder if the people fleeing California will end up voting for the same bad policies that are the reason they had to leave in the first place. That is, do they connect the bad policies to the bad outcomes, or will they still favor the bad policies? There is one major area for tech people where Texas may prove a nasty surprise to employees: non-compete agreements. For large employers this may be a bonus though as th…
What particular policies did people vote for that contributed to their reasons for fleeing?
Re: Silicon Valley exodus: Bay Area tech companies leaving for Texas
#50Does climate change play an unspoken role in this? Is California is an increasingly unstable place from an ecology perspective?
https://www.keranews.org/2019-08-22/austin-makes-top-10-list...
And unfortunately we have our share of deadly wildfires as well (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastrop_County_Complex_Fire), although thankfully not to the same degree that California does.