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Beyond specific companies, Texas has more favorable business climate and tax rates. Housing alone is such a huge knock against CA for new companies. Even payin

Beyond specific companies, Texas has more favorable business climate and tax rates. Housing alone is such a huge knock against CA for new companies. Even paying somebody 500k there leaves them feeling middle class when trying to raise a family. Perhaps a bit of an exaggeration, but in Texas they build like crazy to support population inflows. If you drive through Austin you'll see every third or fourth house is getting torn down to be rebuilt into 2-3 houses on the same plot. Fundamentally this just gives you a lot more runway to grow. I don't know why anybody would start a company in SF these days, aside from VC being local and sometimes requiring it. I have no doubt Texas will overtake CA in terms of economic output, but will take decades just due to previous inertia. Also remote work may be the true winner in the end. I do think CA is still the place you want to be if money is no object though. Unfortunately that doesn't apply for most people. There may actually be a change in political winds that blow things back the other way though, just viewing this from today's lens.

rllearneratwork 5y ago
they are also not hostile to kids in public schools (CA dumbs down math, requires masks, requires CRT, etc.)
- adam_arthur 5y ago
  Yeah, I suspect things will reach a breaking point and the pendulum will swing back. Just look at all the organized retail crime in Northern California. There's a new article pretty much every day about groups of 20+ coordinating mass retail thefts. Voters explicitly put into place DA and laws that basically decriminalized crime, and now are bearing the fruits of that. Don't think voters will continue voting for those policies now that repercussions being seen and lived.
  - rllearneratwork 5y ago
    >>"Don't think voters will continue voting for those policies now that repercussions being seen and lived." - I really hope you are right, but I am not expecting this. Unfortunately, average voter (both on the left and right) seems to be willing to reject realities of cause->effects if they conflict with their identity.
- tills13 5y ago
  > hostile > requires masks, requires CRT This is some serious "won't somebody think of the children" energy. Every day people like you make me ashamed to be from Texas.
- JaimeThompson 5y ago
  The Texas State Board of Education routinely tries to push young earth Creationism into science classrooms which is a bit hostile to those who want their kids to learn actual science.
  - rllearneratwork 5y ago
    did they succeed though? And if yes, did it came at the expense of "actual science"? An important lesson a parent should teach to their kids is that not 100% of what is taught to them is true and that some stuff taught to them is non-sense/political propaganda. In CA it is CRT, it TX it is Creationism. But which place will still teach them Algebra?
    - JaimeThompson 5y ago
      You should look up all that Texas SBoE has done in regards to science, math, history, and health and their often unique and counterfactual ideas on what should be taught.
- boston_clone 5y ago
  When I went to high school in Texas, my History textbook still framed the Civil War as a "states rights" and "economic freedom" issue. Many school districts also defied the governors short-sighted/partisan order of banning masks in schools. I don't recall any representative from Texas' HHS department supporting that order. Some CRT would be a welcome breath of reality for our education system. Could you share why you think that it's hostile to children?
- throaway46546 5y ago
  Can you give an example of something specific that is taught in California schools with regards to CRT that you object to?
  - cdot2 5y ago
    https://youtu.be/83b_u5V51U8 https://youtu.be/83b_u5V51U8 Here's a good example
    - throaway46546 5y ago
      I appreciate your response, but that is just one teacher though not any kind of policy. I am trying to find out what specific part of California's "Critical Race Theory" curriculum you object to. I hear a lot of people who are mad about the teaching of CRT in schools, but thus far no one has provided me concrete examples of any specific teachings that are objectionable. It seems to me to be more of bogey man rather than anything real.
      - cdot2 5y ago
        https://dc.medill.northwestern.edu/blog/2020/07/21/the-1619-project-curriculum-taught-in-over-4500-schools-frederick-county-public-schools-has-the-option/ https://dc.medill.northwestern.edu/blog/2020/07/21/the-1619-... Here's a better example. I think youre delusional if you think this isnt real
        throaway46546 5y ago
        Still you don't provide a concrete example. I found a link to the 1619 project. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619... Can you tell me what specific part of it you find inappropriate for schools?
        cdot2 5y ago
        The 1619 project isnt related to reality. It clearly shouldnt be taught as such
muzz 5y ago
And plenty of subsidies: "with a $27 million grant from the state of Texas. Larger tax breaks and incentives are expected for the facility."

rllearneratwork 5y ago

they are also not hostile to kids in public schools (CA dumbs down math, requires masks, requires CRT, etc.)

adam_arthur 5y ago
Yeah, I suspect things will reach a breaking point and the pendulum will swing back. Just look at all the organized retail crime in Northern California. There's a new article pretty much every day about groups of 20+ coordinating mass retail thefts. Voters explicitly put into place DA and laws that basically decriminalized crime, and now are bearing the fruits of that. Don't think voters will continue voting for those policies now that repercussions being seen and lived.
- rllearneratwork 5y ago
  >>"Don't think voters will continue voting for those policies now that repercussions being seen and lived." - I really hope you are right, but I am not expecting this. Unfortunately, average voter (both on the left and right) seems to be willing to reject realities of cause->effects if they conflict with their identity.
tills13 5y ago
> hostile > requires masks, requires CRT This is some serious "won't somebody think of the children" energy. Every day people like you make me ashamed to be from Texas.
JaimeThompson 5y ago
The Texas State Board of Education routinely tries to push young earth Creationism into science classrooms which is a bit hostile to those who want their kids to learn actual science.
- rllearneratwork 5y ago
  did they succeed though? And if yes, did it came at the expense of "actual science"? An important lesson a parent should teach to their kids is that not 100% of what is taught to them is true and that some stuff taught to them is non-sense/political propaganda. In CA it is CRT, it TX it is Creationism. But which place will still teach them Algebra?
  - JaimeThompson 5y ago
    You should look up all that Texas SBoE has done in regards to science, math, history, and health and their often unique and counterfactual ideas on what should be taught.
boston_clone 5y ago
When I went to high school in Texas, my History textbook still framed the Civil War as a "states rights" and "economic freedom" issue. Many school districts also defied the governors short-sighted/partisan order of banning masks in schools. I don't recall any representative from Texas' HHS department supporting that order. Some CRT would be a welcome breath of reality for our education system. Could you share why you think that it's hostile to children?
throaway46546 5y ago
Can you give an example of something specific that is taught in California schools with regards to CRT that you object to?
- cdot2 5y ago
  https://youtu.be/83b_u5V51U8 https://youtu.be/83b_u5V51U8 Here's a good example
  - throaway46546 5y ago
    I appreciate your response, but that is just one teacher though not any kind of policy. I am trying to find out what specific part of California's "Critical Race Theory" curriculum you object to. I hear a lot of people who are mad about the teaching of CRT in schools, but thus far no one has provided me concrete examples of any specific teachings that are objectionable. It seems to me to be more of bogey man rather than anything real.
    - cdot2 5y ago
      https://dc.medill.northwestern.edu/blog/2020/07/21/the-1619-project-curriculum-taught-in-over-4500-schools-frederick-county-public-schools-has-the-option/ https://dc.medill.northwestern.edu/blog/2020/07/21/the-1619-... Here's a better example. I think youre delusional if you think this isnt real
      - throaway46546 5y ago
        Still you don't provide a concrete example. I found a link to the 1619 project. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619... Can you tell me what specific part of it you find inappropriate for schools?
        cdot2 5y ago
        The 1619 project isnt related to reality. It clearly shouldnt be taught as such

muzz 5y ago

And plenty of subsidies: "with a $27 million grant from the state of Texas. Larger tax breaks and incentives are expected for the facility."