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Re:Is It Time for the US to Drag Jobs Out of Silicon Valley ... by mcguire on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @01:43PM (#21817046)
"They are moving there, because the talent that can live anywhere it wants to is living in these cities."

Why are the talent moving to those cities? Because they want to pay $4000/mo rent? Or because that's where the jobs are?

All of the other advantages you describe are side-effects. California has historically been a fairly conservative state (Remember Ronald Reagan?), and I suspect it still is if you get away from the coast.

"I don't want my kids growing up in a place where the war on drugs isn't just a failed experiment."

Didn't SF recently ban vaping?

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Re:Is It Time for the US to Drag Jobs Out of Silicon Valley ... by foogazi on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @03:55PM (#21818727)
> Why are the talent moving to those cities? Because they want to pay $4000/mo rent? Or because that's where the jobs are?

Because even after paying $4,000 they have more left over than in other places

Also job security in numbers with their being more employers in the area

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Re:Is It Time for the US to Drag Jobs Out of Silicon Valley ... by jethro_tell on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @02:29PM (#21817661)
I heard they banned the sale of vape products. They aren't throwing people in jail for vaping.
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