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Off the top of my head, two main points for why Austin is better-suited than Houston for a tech HQ: - UT (@Austin) means a large pool of fresh grads from a top

by vitus 9y ago

Off the top of my head, two main points for why Austin is better-suited than Houston for a tech HQ: - UT (@Austin) means a large pool of fresh grads from a top-10 CS program they can recruit. - Existing presence of both Amazon itself and other tech companies (Google, FB, MS, etc) means they don't have to relocate workers, and it's a lot easier to convince SDEs from other companies to jump ship.

JPKab 9y ago
Gay employees can't marry. That's all you need to say no.
- gtCameron 9y ago
  Gay marriage has been legal in all 50 states for 2 years now
  - JPKab 9y ago
    You're right. I'm a moron. However, I'd like to point out that Texas state gov't doesn't send a big "welcome" message of tolerance and inclusion to LGBTQ community.
    - saryant 9y ago
      Houston was the first city in the US to elect an openly lesbian mayor.
- vitus 9y ago
  Even if that were true, why would that be relevant for deciding between two cities in the same state?
  - JPKab 9y ago
    I'm an idiot cuz I forgot about the SC decision. However, I meant it's relevant between Austin/Dallas and other cities nationally.
scioto 9y ago
I'm glad that NYT removed Austin from the list for mass transit / transportation reasons: the roads are full during rush hours. The only reason I make it is because I commute against traffic, and even that is becoming worse. Plus the water situation when there's no hurricanes around to refill the lakes is fairly dire. Nope, Austin's full.