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"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 abor

by 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.

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.