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Tesla is moving its headquarters to Austin, Texas

13 points by purple_ferret 5y ago

samstave 5y ago
We knew this was happening for a very long time. Austin is very appealing, I would move there in a heartbeat.
subsubzero 5y ago
I can see alot more companies moving out of California. I don't want to go into a california bashing comment as a 4th generation resident but there are some things that are going very wrong here. - For the first time ever California has shrunk in population(2020 census), I expect in the next 10 years to see that accelerate further. - Housing is at a level where a majority of residents can no longer buy a house, average home price is $850k. Newsom's plan to add 2 duplex's to a single family plot may help but its just not enough. - Homelessness is atrocious, CA spends 15B a year on the problem and its gotten dramatically worse every year, This tracks with housing being expensive. - Wildfires are out of control, I have lived in the state my entire life and have never seen such chaos in the past 3-4 years, the governor blames climate change but actual scientists beg to differ.* *https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelshellenberger/2019/11/04/why-everything-they-say-about-california-fires--including-that-climate-matters-most--is-wrong/?sh=1abafa54cb66 https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelshellenberger/2019/11/04...
- dragonwriter 5y ago
  > For the first time ever California has shrunk in population(2020 census) California's population was up 6.1% in the 2020 census compared to the 2010 census. You probably mean something like California Dept. of Finance estimate of one-year change between 2019 and 2020, which was very slightly negative (around -0.4%, IIRC).
  - subsubzero 5y ago
    ah yes you are right, I should have phrased that better.
allen3 5y ago
One word: Taxes He's trying to avoid personal taxes from CA and Texas gives his company the biggest incentives to move.
GaryTang 5y ago
I find it incredibly annoying that Democrat cities leverage business friendly policies in Republican states to flourish and then eventually turn the whole state against those policies.

13 points by purple_ferret 5y ago

We knew this was happening for a very long time. Austin is very appealing, I would move there in a heartbeat.

I can see alot more companies moving out of California. I don't want to go into a california bashing comment as a 4th generation resident but there are some things that are going very wrong here. - For the first time ever California has shrunk in population(2020 census), I expect in the next 10 years to see that accelerate further. - Housing is at a level where a majority of residents can no longer buy a house, average home price is $850k. Newsom's plan to add 2 duplex's to a single family plot may help but its just not enough. - Homelessness is atrocious, CA spends 15B a year on the problem and its gotten dramatically worse every year, This tracks with housing being expensive. - Wildfires are out of control, I have lived in the state my entire life and have never seen such chaos in the past 3-4 years, the governor blames climate change but actual scientists beg to differ.* *https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelshellenberger/2019/11/04/why-everything-they-say-about-california-fires--including-that-climate-matters-most--is-wrong/?sh=1abafa54cb66 https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelshellenberger/2019/11/04...

dragonwriter 5y ago
> For the first time ever California has shrunk in population(2020 census) California's population was up 6.1% in the 2020 census compared to the 2010 census. You probably mean something like California Dept. of Finance estimate of one-year change between 2019 and 2020, which was very slightly negative (around -0.4%, IIRC).
- subsubzero 5y ago
  ah yes you are right, I should have phrased that better.

allen3 5y ago

One word: Taxes He's trying to avoid personal taxes from CA and Texas gives his company the biggest incentives to move.

GaryTang 5y ago

I find it incredibly annoying that Democrat cities leverage business friendly policies in Republican states to flourish and then eventually turn the whole state against those policies.