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Texas Attracted California Techies. Now It’s Losing Thousands of Them. (www.texasmonthly.com)
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The “Texas Miracle” loses some of its magic as Oracle announces it’s moving its new HQ out of Austin and Tesla lays off nearly 2,700 workers.

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Right? I always wondered why tech moved to Texas it has all the things data centers would hate:

  • unstable electricity
  • high heat
  • high property taxes

If anything, I'd think they'd move to the great lakes.

  • Close to the Chicago IXP
  • Water for energy
  • Cool weather
[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Keep them out of our post industrial hellhole!

But for real idk if these people can handle snow, so give it a few years before they move here

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

It didn't keep them out of Utah or Colorado, so I wouldn't give it much hope

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They in fact cannot. Neither California nor Texas is prepared for freezing in any sense of the word.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

LA is bad with snow but its also not a factor for most of em. I fucken hate snow but I know how to deal with it cause im in the foothills of the San Bernardino mountains and it sometimes slushes the fuck up. I hate it. Also NorCal freezes a lot theres areason why the Donner party happened up there.