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How do they plan on convincing the average liberal democrat Californian to move to a conservative stronghold like Texas?
Cost of living. Texas is too big to be homogenous. Austin's pretty "blue". It's also dreary and worn looking.
I don't think this makes sense... I'm from MN and made a recent trip to the Bay area where all the local startups were clamoring over me. Meanwhile back in the midwest, I have to actively market myself to attract any attention. If you're really looking for untapped talent, go where nobody else is looking.
I'd try to recruit them in late November or early December...
How do they plan on convincing the average liberal democrat Californian to move to a conservative stronghold like Texas?
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Cost of living. Texas is too big to be homogenous. Austin's pretty "blue". It's also dreary and worn looking.
Austin's certainly not as lush and beautiful as Northern California, but it's definitely not "dreary and worn looking". Yes, it gets very hot in the summer, but the rest of the year the weather is fantastic.
The Hill Country is nice tho.
Also, other reasons Austin may be attractive to potential candidates:
1.) No state income tax. This is huge. If you make $140k a year in SF, you take home significantly less than you do in Texas. Also, there is no "city tax" like SF has.
2.) Cost of living is HALF, that's right, HALF of SF. Beautiful homes or urban condos are available and priced well below what you would spend buying OR renting in SF.
1 + 2 = lots of $$ in your pocket.
Not to mention the fact that Austin is arguably the hippest city in the country from a growth perspective. With events like ACL and SXSW (plus the thousands of live music shows throughout the rest of the year), the creative arts scene is flourishing.
Finally, the weather. It was 86 degrees, no humidity on December 19th last year. And yes, it is HOT in the summer, but with all that extra cash, you can go live in Europe for a few months to beat the heat.
How do they plan on convincing the average liberal democrat Californian to move to a conservative stronghold like Texas?
I moved from reasonably liberal parts of Illinois/Wisconsin to Dallas/Fort Worth about three years ago... I wouldn't recommend this. When I decided to move from DFW to start a company I looked at Portland, Boston, San Francisco, and Austin. Austin made sense, financially. Texas has no state income tax (unfortunately the social services reflect this), jobs, and the cost of living is a fraction of what it is in other c…
How do they plan on convincing the average liberal democrat Californian to move to a conservative stronghold like Texas?
money and affordable housing - the usual - oh and no travel for SXSW.
But if you live in a good location you can rent your place for $$$. :)
First, Austin is NOTHING like Texas. It is a beacon of progressive hope in an otherwise bass-ackwards state. I moved to Austin from New York City by way of Portland, Oregon so believe me, when I say that there is no way I would live in TEXAS; Austin is anything but that. Also, other reasons Austin may be attractive to potential candidates: 1.) No state income tax. This is huge. If you make $140k a year in SF, you tak…
I get recruited by companies in the midwest who tout that the cost of living is half of NYC. But, they also pay half as much as NYC, no relo package available. Whenever I do the math I still come out ahead in NYC.
The other downside I have found is that there are usually only one or two interesting companies and the rest is enterprise software.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Cost of living. Texas is too big to be homogenous. Austin's pretty "blue". It's also dreary and worn looking.
Austin's certainly not as lush and beautiful as Northern California, but it's definitely not "dreary and worn looking". Yes, it gets very hot in the summer, but the rest of the year the weather is fantastic.
Not so true this summer...
http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bi...
(I live in Austin.)
