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Vouching for this, because while the wording was confrontational, the points being expressed are valid. Apart from the water kinda. West Texas where they depend

Vouching for this, because while the wording was confrontational, the points being expressed are valid. Apart from the water kinda. West Texas where they depend on groundwater for irrigation is screwed, but the rest is really well planned and run reservoir systems that catch several states worth of watershed. Agree with the politics or not. TX isn't going to grab talent from states with strongly pro-choice workforces at nearly the rate it used to. And the climatic extremes are bad and seemingly getting worse, anthropogenic or not. This summer was brutal, the last was as well, and both winters were fairly horrific as well. Partially because, as pointed out, the power grid isn't up to the current load. I love TX, but it is because of the friendly people, the power infrastructure and climate situations are atrocious, and TX abortion laws are absolutely going to affect the influx of knowledge workers.

newaccount2021 4y ago
"I had a great job offer in TX but didn't go because of abortion" people only say things like this online, not in real life do you see a baggage train of abortion refugees leaving Austin? people will be upset about this, very few will change their life plans over it
- galangalalgol 4y ago
  Vouching for this too, because it is a reasonable and possibly correct observation. I think people are less likely to leave than they are to weigh it as a factor when deciding to go to Austin vs stay where they are. Why can't we have conversations about this stuff without voting each other into oblivion?
- boringg 4y ago
  Just add it to a laundry list of terrible policy decisions in Texas. Might not make someone leave but really reminds a lot of people why you wouldn't want to go move or vacation there.
- dghlsakjg 4y ago
  I routinely ignore recruiters from places I don’t want to live even if the job is interesting. Red states, and places with similar politics are on that list. I spent a week in Utah and heard open antisemitism and anti Mexican rhetoric. I don’t have faith that my wife could get medical care she needs there. Why would I ever want to live there or any of the politically similar places.
  - seanmcdirmid 4y ago
    I went to grad school in SLC, it wasn't that bad; I found it better than Austin anyways. I couldn't imagine working in Provo, however. Without Roe vs. Wade, though, I totally agree that the dynamics of these choices have changed. I don't expect it to last very long, however, due to economic competition, but that's just a guess.
- wa_throwaway 4y ago
  > people will be upset about this, very few will change their life plans over it I am moving from Texas in the next few months, and I own a house here. Texas and Florida Republicans are in an insane game of red-meat one-upsmanship that's leading both states into a terrible place. They are not done yet, and Im not staying to find out how insane they can get. I wish recent arrivers the best of luck! And hopefully one of y'all will buy my house with your bay area salaries.
- spoonjim 4y ago
  I had an equal pay job offer in Austin that I turned down (despite a massive increase in the standard of living I'd be able to afford) not because of "abortion" per se (this was several years ago), but I just didn't want to live in a state full of Texans. I like Texans as "characters" but not as my community.

newaccount2021 4y ago

"I had a great job offer in TX but didn't go because of abortion" people only say things like this online, not in real life do you see a baggage train of abortion refugees leaving Austin? people will be upset about this, very few will change their life plans over it

galangalalgol 4y ago
Vouching for this too, because it is a reasonable and possibly correct observation. I think people are less likely to leave than they are to weigh it as a factor when deciding to go to Austin vs stay where they are. Why can't we have conversations about this stuff without voting each other into oblivion?
boringg 4y ago
Just add it to a laundry list of terrible policy decisions in Texas. Might not make someone leave but really reminds a lot of people why you wouldn't want to go move or vacation there.
dghlsakjg 4y ago
I routinely ignore recruiters from places I don’t want to live even if the job is interesting. Red states, and places with similar politics are on that list. I spent a week in Utah and heard open antisemitism and anti Mexican rhetoric. I don’t have faith that my wife could get medical care she needs there. Why would I ever want to live there or any of the politically similar places.
- seanmcdirmid 4y ago
  I went to grad school in SLC, it wasn't that bad; I found it better than Austin anyways. I couldn't imagine working in Provo, however. Without Roe vs. Wade, though, I totally agree that the dynamics of these choices have changed. I don't expect it to last very long, however, due to economic competition, but that's just a guess.
wa_throwaway 4y ago
> people will be upset about this, very few will change their life plans over it I am moving from Texas in the next few months, and I own a house here. Texas and Florida Republicans are in an insane game of red-meat one-upsmanship that's leading both states into a terrible place. They are not done yet, and Im not staying to find out how insane they can get. I wish recent arrivers the best of luck! And hopefully one of y'all will buy my house with your bay area salaries.
spoonjim 4y ago
I had an equal pay job offer in Austin that I turned down (despite a massive increase in the standard of living I'd be able to afford) not because of "abortion" per se (this was several years ago), but I just didn't want to live in a state full of Texans. I like Texans as "characters" but not as my community.