Re:Lyft lays off 17% of workforce, furloughs hundreds more
by Gibbon1 on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @08:26PM
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Anecdote: Friend manages a call center in California. Couple of years ago Texas using a bunch of sleazy tax incentives tried to get the center moved from California to Texas. Friend said none of the gay boys wanted to move. And parents were horrified by the idea sending their kids to public school in Texas. Move never happened as a result.
Re:Lyft lays off 17% of workforce, furloughs hundreds more
by bretpiatt on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @11:32PM
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Data [1] vs. anecdote: Austin is one of top same sex metros in the United States and San Antonio is one of the top places for same sex couples to raise children (in Texas public schools).
Re:Lyft lays off 17% of workforce, furloughs hundreds more
by RandomBacon on Thursday April 30, 2020 @08:13AM
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And before Austin, it used to be Montrose (in Houston, TX).
California is being propped up by the tech industry because historically the biggest tech companies are headquartered here, which caused all the talent to be clustered here, and then new tech companies were forced to be here to attract that talent. Obviously, smart, intelligent people move here because jobs are here, and capital invests here because talent is here -- but things are changing quickly and other cities are becoming tech hubs.
If these other states have such "failed economic and social policies", why are so many people moving there?
The worst will be when Californians move to other states and then vote for policies that ruined the place they just fled.
[1] https://www.ocregister.com/2019/10/31/190122-more-people-lef...