Silicon Valley’s tech monopoly is over. Is the future in Austin, Texas?

Post by reaperducer » Thu, Feb 10, 2022, 10:42 PM UTC

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tech workforce is generally liberal or are at least centrist moderate. Texas is not an ideal home for most of them. That stereotype is about a decade out of date. Texas is very much like New York, California, Washington, Nevada, Oregon, and most other American states: Blue large cities surrounded by red elsewhere.

Except all those states you listed are blueish (including purplish or very blue) where Texas is deep red.

Post by dnautics » Thu, Feb 10, 2022, 10:47 PM UTC

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My understanding is that a major reason why the Bay Area became the tech hub it did is because of academic institutions like Stanford and Berkeley, which in turn led to commercial enterprises like HP, Shockley, and Fairchild. From there, it was like dandelion seeds in the wind, with alumni from those companies going on to found AMD, Kleiner Perkins, Xerox PARC, etc. It seems to me that, until UT Austin catches up wit…

> academic institutions like Stanford and Berkeley, and dare I say politics. For various reasons, including the rather diverse nature of tech workforce due to a substantial number of immigrants and even otherwise, the tech workforce is generally liberal or are at least centrist moderate. Texas is not an ideal home for most of them.

Post by dnautics » Thu, Feb 10, 2022, 11:05 PM UTC

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No way. As a person of "overrepresented in tech" color, Austin is WAY friendlier to non-whites than California ever was. I regularly see groups of "bros" walking around/hanging out/eating out in interracial groups, which I would never see in the bay. There are LOTS of immigrants here, as well, though not as many as in Cali, but nothing to sneeze at. And finally if Mexico can get its act together and (some city there)…

I can see that, however the issue is Texas state laws apply to Austin. So you aren't exactly shielded.for example : In Texas, abortions are now banned as early as six weeks into a pregnancy. Known as SB 8, the new law represents the nation’s most restrictive ban on the procedure currently in effect. According to a recent NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist national poll, Texas’ law is unpopular across the political spectrum. ( h…

Post by david38 » Thu, Feb 10, 2022, 11:21 PM UTC

dnautics wrote: post #23

yumraj wrote: post #10

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> academic institutions like Stanford and Berkeley, and dare I say politics. For various reasons, including the rather diverse nature of tech workforce due to a substantial number of immigrants and even otherwise, the tech workforce is generally liberal or are at least centrist moderate. Texas is not an ideal home for most of them.

No way. As a person of "overrepresented in tech" color, Austin is WAY friendlier to non-whites than California ever was. I regularly see groups of "bros" walking around/hanging out/eating out in interracial groups, which I would never see in the bay. There are LOTS of immigrants here, as well, though not as many as in Cali, but nothing to sneeze at. And finally if Mexico can get its act together and (some city there)…

Post by jorpal » Thu, Feb 10, 2022, 11:50 PM UTC

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The article contradicts its hypey headline: To be sure, the Bay Area has such a deep reservoir of tech talent, money and infrastructure, not to mention the climate and the ocean, that it won’t be easily knocked off its perch.

Seems like yet another clickbaity article. How many times have we seen this same story with different geographies? Every town on the planet with an internet connection and a chamber of commerce has named itself Silicon Prairie (at least three of them), Silicon Bayou, Silicon Gorge, Silicon Water, Silicon Alps, Silicon Glen, Silicon and on and on.