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Not even just the bay area but the whole coast. Look at prices in Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, or out east. They all easily top Austin. I think it's a good t

Not even just the bay area but the whole coast. Look at prices in Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, or out east. They all easily top Austin. I think it's a good thing. Austin has a budding tech scene. Hopefully the political shitstorm there blows over so people actually want to live there.

scoofy 5y ago
>budding Literally Dell Computers is from Austin.
- boringg 5y ago
  Has Dell done anything innovative since the 90s? It repackaged computer hardware in a cheap package filled to the brim with bloatware.
  - a5seo 5y ago
    How many "Dellionaires" have gone on to found new startups or even become angel investors/LP's? I can only think of a couple. Overall, Dell's innovations were supply chain and direct mail, not technology.
  - Apocryphon 5y ago
    They're not the only company in the region: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Hills https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Hills
    - boringg 5y ago
      It was the example used and the list from that website its tough to tell which companies were satellite offices vs which were corporate/research HQ. Not trying to belittle Austin - I know they have a tech scene - and I know every city is trying to capitalize on marketing their city as the next silicon valley (which is such a ridiculous thing to do for an incredibly long list of reasons).
      - Apocryphon 5y ago
        Feels like they've moved on to Miami as the next SV. Maybe that means Austin is the next Seattle.
      - bradknowles 5y ago
        I think Apple’s campus here is already bigger than anything they’ve got anywhere else, short of the giant UFO in Cupertino, and they’re still planning on expanding. Amazon is here, and again they have a number of buildings in the Domain area. I think it might be their second or third largest site, behind HQ and possibly HQ2. Of course Dell is here. Google doesn’t have much of a presence, yet. There are lots of other companies that have massive presence here in Austin. Tesla is highly unlikely to be the biggest.
        vineyardmike 5y ago
        >it might be their second or third largest site, behind HQ and possibly HQ2. Amazon largeset office presence outside of seattle (and bellevue which come consider seperate) is SouthBay cali, followed then by HQ2
  - bigmattystyles 5y ago
    They gave us Stoner Steve; I’m surprised he’s not more of a meme actually.
  - throwaway2037 5y ago
    Dell has excellent value for money in their monitors. And has for more than 15 years. Line after line is consistently rated by a wide variety of computer reviewers as top quartile. Yes, you can argue they do not directly manufacture, but the end product is reliable and high quality.
- muzz 5y ago
  Yeah it's been about a 30-year drought for the Austin area since Dell
- Pxtl 5y ago
  Also National Instruments
boringg 5y ago
My bad, didn't meant to leave the rest of the coastline out. And yes, hopefully these changes will turn Texas purple unless they continue to gerrymander the ish out of the whole state.

scoofy 5y ago

>budding Literally Dell Computers is from Austin.

boringg 5y ago
Has Dell done anything innovative since the 90s? It repackaged computer hardware in a cheap package filled to the brim with bloatware.
- a5seo 5y ago
  How many "Dellionaires" have gone on to found new startups or even become angel investors/LP's? I can only think of a couple. Overall, Dell's innovations were supply chain and direct mail, not technology.
- Apocryphon 5y ago
  They're not the only company in the region: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Hills https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Hills
  - boringg 5y ago
    It was the example used and the list from that website its tough to tell which companies were satellite offices vs which were corporate/research HQ. Not trying to belittle Austin - I know they have a tech scene - and I know every city is trying to capitalize on marketing their city as the next silicon valley (which is such a ridiculous thing to do for an incredibly long list of reasons).
    - Apocryphon 5y ago
      Feels like they've moved on to Miami as the next SV. Maybe that means Austin is the next Seattle.
    - bradknowles 5y ago
      I think Apple’s campus here is already bigger than anything they’ve got anywhere else, short of the giant UFO in Cupertino, and they’re still planning on expanding. Amazon is here, and again they have a number of buildings in the Domain area. I think it might be their second or third largest site, behind HQ and possibly HQ2. Of course Dell is here. Google doesn’t have much of a presence, yet. There are lots of other companies that have massive presence here in Austin. Tesla is highly unlikely to be the biggest.
      - vineyardmike 5y ago
        >it might be their second or third largest site, behind HQ and possibly HQ2. Amazon largeset office presence outside of seattle (and bellevue which come consider seperate) is SouthBay cali, followed then by HQ2
- bigmattystyles 5y ago
  They gave us Stoner Steve; I’m surprised he’s not more of a meme actually.
- throwaway2037 5y ago
  Dell has excellent value for money in their monitors. And has for more than 15 years. Line after line is consistently rated by a wide variety of computer reviewers as top quartile. Yes, you can argue they do not directly manufacture, but the end product is reliable and high quality.
muzz 5y ago
Yeah it's been about a 30-year drought for the Austin area since Dell
Pxtl 5y ago
Also National Instruments

boringg 5y ago

My bad, didn't meant to leave the rest of the coastline out. And yes, hopefully these changes will turn Texas purple unless they continue to gerrymander the ish out of the whole state.