Wow so the George Soros stuff is real. They’re importing blue voters.
Bay Area applicants flood program that pays them $10k to move to Tulsa
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#192Earlier quoted context omitted.
It takes a critical mass of tech companies that are well funded and regularly hiring, so government can't be squeezing them too hard.
Fairchild showed the critical mass is one, as long as employees of that one business are free to go spawn their own. Being pro-worker is not being anti-business, but it is an explicit reframing of policy initiative.
One company can slowly crystalize a Silicon Valley, but maybe not if your economy already has one.
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#193Earlier quoted context omitted.
I get a disquiet feeling when I'm in old southern towns like Savanah, I didn't know why at first, until I realized it's because their society is still so segregated.
> I get a disquiet feeling when I'm in old southern towns like Savanah I love Savannah and Augusta. Those cities are a lot of fun. I spent time living in both in my early 20s. The segregation both is and isn't there. It's very strange. I think that the feeling you're describing is due to the ghost of slavery. It was always very hard for me to separate the history of the antebellum south from those two cities specific…
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#194Also Arkansas is getting into the swing of things. https://www.travelandleisure.com/travel-news/northwest-arkan...
Re: Bay Area applicants flood program that pays them $10k to move to Tulsa
#195I understand people who have roots in the bay area and aren't in the position to leave (or just don't want to). I also understand people who, under the current circumstances, want to temporarily or permanently move to a location that will work out better for them. I don't understand, though, how $10K can be the deciding factor for someone for such a major decision.
It could be a straw that broke the camels back type situation. Additionally they may have already decided to move, but this made them choose Tulsa over other places