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Mostly weather and culture, imho. California is much more liberal and foreigner welcoming than other parts of the us. And a large part of the well educated tech
by sdaslo 8y ago
Mostly weather and culture, imho. California is much more liberal and foreigner welcoming than other parts of the us. And a large part of the well educated tech force is graduating international students.
Regarding weather .. very hard to find same easy weather elsewhere in the USA. Seattle comes close .. and that’s why it’s also impacted, just to a lesser extent.
- pascalxus 8y agoAustin is just as good 9 months out of the year, I hear. Albuquerque NM, is every bit as good (i'm told) as the bay area, with 8 times cheaper housing. there are many more examples you can find in the US that have nearly as good weather.
- house9-2 8y agoIt is not just 'good weather', the actual climate is way better due to proximity to the pacific ocean.
- headsupftw 8y agoWell, you heard wrong. Both places are much hotter in the summer than the bay area.
- dreamcompiler 8y agoAlbuquerque has awesome weather,* no significant earthquakes, gorgeous scenery (tons of movies are shot around here), fantastic cultural diversity, a decent university, great food, plenty of housing and land to build on, and low taxes and CoL. *Albuquerque is a mile high, so its climate is much more like Denver than like Phoenix. What's not so great are a somewhat dysfunctional and corrupt state government, second-class health care and public schools, and a high-tech community that revolves almost entirely around defense work that requires a security clearance. Many of these would be remedied if Albuquerque somehow got a significant influx of startups.
- dreamcompiler 8y agoI find Austin uncomfortable in summer because of its humidity. Albuquerque is about the same temperature as Austin but because it's dry it's not uncomfortable.
- IWeldMelons 8y agoAustin is not that humid. Compared to say Chicago or NYC.
- dreamcompiler 8y agoOr Houston. But it's much wetter than Albuquerque.
- baby 8y agoI don't agree. From what I've seen: * most people will move somewhere because of a job, not because of the weather * most people don't want even want to move to another city in the first place.
- pascalxus 8y agoThis. It's not a choice. 99% MUST move somewhere or STAY somewhere because of a job. Without a job, most people can't live.
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