Most of the people I know who are looking to move back to the Bay Area or Portland/Seattle are doing to because of the political climate, not the weather. A lot of people were pushed to move by their jobs, or elected to move because they saw a cost of living benefit. They figured they could do the blue city in a red state thing. With people like Abbott in charge, that’s no longer going to be a viable option.
this post was submitted on 05 Sep 2023
213 points (97.3% liked)
News
23311 readers
3539 users here now
Welcome to the News community!
Rules:
1. Be civil
Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.
2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.
Obvious right or left wing sources will be removed at the mods discretion. We have an actively updated blocklist, which you can see here: https://lemmy.world/post/2246130 if you feel like any website is missing, contact the mods. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted seperately but not to the post body.
3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.
Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.
4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.
Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed, but the autoMod will notify you, and if your title misrepresents the original article, the post will be deleted. If the site changed their headline, the bot might still contact you, just ignore it, we won’t delete your post.
5. Only recent news is allowed.
Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.
6. All posts must be news articles.
No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials or celebrity gossip is allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis.
7. No duplicate posts.
If a source you used was already posted by someone else, the autoMod will leave a message. Please remove your post if the autoMod is correct. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.
8. Misinformation is prohibited.
Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.
9. No link shorteners.
The auto mod will contact you if a link shortener is detected, please delete your post if they are right.
10. Don't copy entire article in your post body
For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
💀
Lone star state: it's not the nickname, it's the rating.
Lmao best Texas burn I've seen. Gonna steal this one.
No thanks.
I had a coworker who needed to resign because of severe anxiety. It was, “I live in Texas” induced anxiety. (I’m sure there was more to it but this was the jist)This is where she was born and raised. Texas is not a fun place to live.
Tesla, who moved from California to Texas a while back, moved their engineering back to California, since engineers wouldn't work in Texas.
Tesla Shifts Its Engineering Headquarters Back To California
I live in CA and I'm from Texas. I tell these people I've never been more overworked and taken advantage of than when i was working in Texas. Combine that with the unregulated utilities and unlimited property tax, there's no upside to moving to Texas.
Don't forget the stupid deregulation, monstrous GOP politicians, and the complete and utter psychopathic ghoul they have in the Governor's office. That guy's tied with Pudding Ron for the 2nd place award for "worst human being in 21st century America."
Texas is further deregulating stuff after their power failure shit show? Do you have a source I can read up on?
3rd*
Wait, who's second then? Jeffrey Epstein? Cuz I have T***p locked in at the top of that list.
I would put Trump -> McConnel -> Ron -> This guy
:shocked pikachu: pot is illegal here?
Nobody messes with the state of Texas.
But the state of Texas messes with literally everyone it can.
And I suppose most of them didn't even have to deal with thousand-dollar electricity bills caused by that winter storm in 2021, or running the real risk of freezing to death in a semi desertic state
To work in tech you don't have to live in California. Many tech workers moved rural.
I work in tech for a Texas-based company. I live & work out of my home in Massachusetts. Never even been to the Texas HQ, and certainly not in any rush to do so.
Oh no did they bump into all their ex's
The one saving grace is that more people will know "how well things work" in a big Republican state.
Texas is the nasty underwear of America - it's shape is a like a tighty whitey, a stained one at that.
These were the "smart kids" in high school?