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Texas Attracted California Techies. Now It’s Losing Thousands of Them. (www.texasmonthly.com)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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The “Texas Miracle” loses some of its magic as Oracle announces it’s moving its new HQ out of Austin and Tesla lays off nearly 2,700 workers.

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[–] [email protected] 141 points 7 months ago (6 children)

Texas is a high tax, low service state.

California is a high tax, high service state.

Texas spends their taxes on corporate welfare.

California spends their taxes on education, infrastructure and health care.

[–] vanderbilt 101 points 7 months ago (2 children)

A company made me an offer last year when I was looking for startups, but they required me to move to Austin. Austin is a nice place, but it’s unfortunately surrounded by Texas. Fast forward to today and they are moving out of Texas because it’s too expensive and they are having trouble retaining talent. The incentives the city has been offering to foster their own Silicon Valley are stalling because it’s not much cheaper and the state legislature is a Barnum circus of inhumanity.

[–] GladiusB 56 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Any state that supports a law enforcement that DOESN'T see children dying in a building tells me right away what they are about. Udalve spoke so much to their character and how it was handled after. Just deplorable. I have friends that left the state after the abortion ban because they are women. So, yea. They got issues down there.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I understand why women might be stuck in Texas. But it seems foolish af to move somewhere that would force you to incubate a fetus inside your body.

[–] iquanyin 5 points 7 months ago

and won’t protect the kid once it’s born from getting shot. even with cops right there.

[–] iquanyin 3 points 7 months ago

nailed it.

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