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How long before all the Californians make Austin the exact same place they fled from?
That is a concern.
But part of SF's problems is structural: transportation and new construction are constrained by water. That is much less of a concern in Austin.
How long before all the Californians make Austin the exact same place they fled from?
Just look at NIMBYISM in California, that's not the product of the newcomers, but of people that have been there for 40/50 years. So it takes time. Maybe in SF the turnover is faster, but not necessarily in the whole valley
I live in Austin, Oracle has a huge campus here that looks as big as an airport building with terminals/gates and all the trimmings. It's a beautiful building that gentrified the whole area, for better or worse. I ate there a couple of times, it's nice inside too! I love biking/walking around the Oracle campus area because they made a bike path and the area is safer than it was before. That being said, I know a coupl…
I’m not surprised. I haven’t met anyone who deals with Oracle because they want to, only because they have to.
I'm super curious how this will WFH Covid-era will play out for the Bay Area. I think the question I haven't figured out is job mobility. Pre-covid, even if you lost your job here as an engineer, finding another company thats interesting with the right pay isn't too hard which is one of the best appeals of SV. I wonder how this will play out in terms of this dynamic.
I'm super curious how this will WFH Covid-era will play out for the Bay Area. I think the question I haven't figured out is job mobility. Pre-covid, even if you lost your job here as an engineer, finding another company thats interesting with the right pay isn't too hard which is one of the best appeals of SV. I wonder how this will play out in terms of this dynamic.
But Bend was already hot, and on people's radar. Yesterday I saw an article about housing heating up in Baker City Oregon. This is a small town of 10K people that is certainly in a nice area, but hasn't been known as much of a 'hip' place to be.
https://www.bendbulletin.com/business/realestate/baker-count...
There are quite a few smaller towns here and there throughout the west. It'll be interesting to see if the dispersion to these kinds of places is fairly uniform, if people stick more to already 'hot' places, and of course what happens when the pandemic is mostly played out.
How long before all the Californians make Austin the exact same place they fled from?
> How long before all the Californians make Austin the exact same place they fled from? That is a concern. But part of SF's problems is structural: transportation and new construction are constrained by water. That is much less of a concern in Austin.
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NY -> Miami California -> Austin I think you could probably chalk a lot of this up to where company leadership has their vacation homes.
You are being downvoted for a seemingly flippant remark, but someone should really check whether senior execs conveniently are already well positioned to move there.
Shouldn't the republican party be worried? If the trend continues and a lot of companies move from California to Texas bringing along a lot of liberal employees with them, won't that tip the already narrowing margin towards the democratic party?
How long before all the Californians make Austin the exact same place they fled from?