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Oracle is moving its headquarters from Silicon Valley to Austin, Texas

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Oracle is moving its headquarters from Silicon Valley to Austin, Texas

Oracle is the latest tech company to relocate from California to Austin, Texas.
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The coronavirus pandemic has given a number of tech companies and prominent Silicon Valley figures an excuse to exit California. Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced earlier this month that it will relocate its headquarters from San Jose, California, to Houston, Texas. Data analytics software company Palantir Technologies also moved its headquarters to Denver, Colorado from Palo Alto, California, earlier this year.

Tesla and SpaceX chief Elon Musk also confirmed this week that he moved to Texas, though his companies still maintain their major operations in California. Larry Ellison, Oracle’s co-founder and chairman, serves on Tesla’s board. Ellison has a longstanding friendship with Michael Dell, whose computer company was founded and remains headquartered in the Austin area.
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They need "an excuse" because the real reason they're all moving out of California is because of progressivism.
 
yankintx said:
Awesome, this will result in more transplants from CA moving to TX. Chipping away at the Republicans dominance of the State.

TX may be the next GA in 2024, great news, thanks 😊👍
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So, some selfish bastids are looking for a tax break to become even more affluent, but of course this is an attempt to chipping away at Republicans.
Here I thought that we are for the little guy and against the evil rich profiting from them.
Don't y'all love hypocrisy? Partisan hypocrisy that is.
 
Lovebug said:
So, some selfish bastids are looking for a tax break to become even more affluent, but of course this is an attempt to chipping away at Republicans.
Here I thought that we are for the little guy and against the evil rich profiting from them.
Don't y'all love hypocrisy? Partisan hypocrisy that is.
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Blue Texas, its quite possible in 2024, but i believe it will be 2028.
 
yankintx said:
Awesome, this will result in more transplants from CA moving to TX. Chipping away at the Republicans dominance of the State.
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That's true, but overall, it's a big loss for the political left that the most progressive state in the country is a complete basket case, and getting worse with each passing year.
 
yankintx said:
Awesome, this will result in more transplants from CA moving to TX. Chipping away at the Republicans dominance of the State.

TX may be the next GA in 2024, great news, thanks 😊👍
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Except these are the LW “true believers” who have seen that progressivism ruins the neighborhood. If they believed in it they’d have stayed.
 
aociswundumho said:
That's true, but overall, it's a big loss for the political left that the most progressive state in the country is a complete basket case, and getting worse with each passing year.
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I disagree, Cali will stay blue, even with company pullouts. It will be an even bigger loss for TX, all those transplants pulling the lever for Blue.
 
Lovebug said:
So, some selfish bastids are looking for a tax break to become even more affluent, but of course this is an attempt to chipping away at Republicans.
Here I thought that we are for the little guy and against the evil rich profiting from them.
Don't y'all love hypocrisy? Partisan hypocrisy that is.
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People change. A lot of progressives are moving not to change Texas, but to live a better life. I don’t recall antifa/BLM rioting in Texas. Work, live, love, and leave the California bullshit in California. And don’t even think about taking a shit in the street. It’s illegal, and they enforce the laws.
Its funny to hear progressives admit their ideas require an invasion of non believers.
 
yankintx said:
I disagree, Cali will stay blue, even with company pullouts.
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I didn't say or imply otherwise. If there's one thing we know about the political left, it's that they don't learn anything from their seemingly endless track record of failure. Hell, the USSR lasted for 70 years. You'd think after the first famine caused by socialism in 1921 they might have given up on the idea, but not the left. They're either too stupid or too evil, take your pick.

When I said "it's a big loss for the political left", I meant that people all over the country know California is very progressive and also know that the state is a train wreck because of it.

If you say you want the US to be more progressive, all I have to do is point to California, New York, and Illinois.
 
aociswundumho said:
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Oracle is moving its headquarters from Silicon Valley to Austin, Texas

Oracle is the latest tech company to relocate from California to Austin, Texas.
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They need "an excuse" because the real reason they're all moving out of California is because of progressivism.
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California is projected to lose a representative after the 2020 census. So the tech companies moving out aren't the only ones. Texas is expected to gain 3 and Florida 2.

California has gained representatives every census since they became a state. In 2010 they stayed the same and it looks like they'll lose one after 2020. The problem with folks fleeing California for greener pastures is they bring along the same politics they're fleeing from. The politics they supported to cause them to finally flee. We're seeing the same thing here in Georgia as we get more and more transplants from the Northeast. Once they change our politics to represent those they caused in the Northeast, one wonders how soon they'll flee Georgia for other states only to bring their same politics that caused them to flee in the first place.
 
Hamish Howl said:
Nope. They're moving because of high lease rates and impossible housing.

Which sounds more like a capitalism problem.
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If that were true then we'd have the same problem in all housing markets.

No, the problem is strict, commifornia-style government regulation, which greatly restricts the supply of housing and causes prices to skyrocket.
 
aociswundumho said:
If that were true then we'd have the same problem in all housing markets.

No, the problem is strict, commifornia-style government regulation, which greatly restricts the supply of housing and causes prices to skyrocket.
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Interesting. How does it restrict the supply of housing?
 
Hamish Howl said:
Interesting. How does it restrict the supply of housing?
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I'll use San Francisco as an example:

Since the 1960s, San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area have enacted strict zoning regulations.[6] Among other restrictions, San Francisco does not allow buildings over 40 feet tall in most of the city, and has passed laws making it easier for neighbors to block developments.[7] Partly as a result of these codes, from 2007 to 2014, the Bay Area issued building permits for only half the number of needed houses, based on the area's population growth... For example, from 2012 to 2016, the San Francisco metropolitan area added 373,000 new jobs, but permitted only 58,000 new housing units.[13]

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San Francisco housing shortage - Wikipedia

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https://marketurbanismreport.com/blog/san-franciscos-regulations-are-the-cause-of-its-housing-crisis
 
this is gonna hurt. not counting medium and large businesses there are only 3.9 million small business in Cali.
 
yankintx said:
Awesome, this will result in more transplants from CA moving to TX. Chipping away at the Republicans dominance of the State.

TX may be the next GA in 2024, great news, thanks 😊👍
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Why would Democrats leave California?
 
aociswundumho said:
That's true, but overall, it's a big loss for the political left that the most progressive state in the country is a complete basket case, and getting worse with each passing year.
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Why don't you worry about all of those right-libertarian states?
 
Perotista said:
California is projected to lose a representative after the 2020 census. So the tech companies moving out aren't the only ones. Texas is expected to gain 3 and Florida 2.

California has gained representatives every census since they became a state. In 2010 they stayed the same and it looks like they'll lose one after 2020. The problem with folks fleeing California for greener pastures is they bring along the same politics they're fleeing from. The politics they supported to cause them to finally flee. We're seeing the same thing here in Georgia as we get more and more transplants from the Northeast. Once they change our politics to represent those they caused in the Northeast, one wonders how soon they'll flee Georgia for other states only to bring their same politics that caused them to flee in the first place.
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Yeah, because everyone has the same political views dependent on locale.
 
aociswundumho said:
That's true, but overall, it's a big loss for the political left that the most progressive state in the country is a complete basket case, and getting worse with each passing year.
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It's (Cali) still not turning Redder though, even with the losses. But the constant influx of out-of-state Liberals and tech companies, along with the education facilities they demand for themselves and their families, and the influence they have on TX young people, does seem to be steadily Blue-ing TX - as we see.
 
Perotista said:
California is projected to lose a representative after the 2020 census. So the tech companies moving out aren't the only ones. Texas is expected to gain 3 and Florida 2.

California has gained representatives every census since they became a state. In 2010 they stayed the same and it looks like they'll lose one after 2020. The problem with folks fleeing California for greener pastures is they bring along the same politics they're fleeing from. The politics they supported to cause them to finally flee. We're seeing the same thing here in Georgia as we get more and more transplants from the Northeast. Once they change our politics to represent those they caused in the Northeast, one wonders how soon they'll flee Georgia for other states only to bring their same politics that caused them to flee in the first place.
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GA, and to a lessor extant AZ, may be an example of where TX is heading. But the migrancy is more complex than simply politics. Yeah, there's taxes, but there's also housing/land costs and weather. For commercial enterprise, there's also labor costs - too.

Everyone automatically cite taxes, which is undoubtable predominate. But there's more too it, than that.
 
aociswundumho said:
I didn't say or imply otherwise. If there's one thing we know about the political left, it's that they don't learn anything from their seemingly endless track record of failure. Hell, the USSR lasted for 70 years. You'd think after the first famine caused by socialism in 1921 they might have given up on the idea, but not the left. They're either too stupid or too evil, take your pick.

When I said "it's a big loss for the political left", I meant that people all over the country know California is very progressive and also know that the state is a train wreck because of it.

If you say you want the US to be more progressive, all I have to do is point to California, New York, and Illinois.
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aociswundumho said:
I didn't say or imply otherwise. If there's one thing we know about the political left, it's that they don't learn anything from their seemingly endless track record of failure. Hell, the USSR lasted for 70 years. You'd think after the first famine caused by socialism in 1921 they might have given up on the idea, but not the left. They're either too stupid or too evil, take your pick.

When I said "it's a big loss for the political left", I meant that people all over the country know California is very progressive and also know that the state is a train wreck because of it.

If you say you want the US to be more progressive, all I have to do is point to California, New York, and Illinois.
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I don't think most Americans outside CA even give it a thought, unless your attempting a political point.
 
Chomsky said:
GA, and to a lessor extant AZ, may be an example of where TX is heading. But the migrancy is more complex than simply politics. Yeah, there's taxes, but there's also housing/land costs and weather. For commercial enterprise, there's also labor costs - too.

Everyone automatically cite taxes, which is undoubtable predominate. But there's more too it, than that.
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I think it's of note the OP cited "progressivism". I don't figure he was going the same direction you are.
 
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