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Re:Tesla’s headquarters will move to Austin by gfitz on Thursday October 07, 2021 @08:28PM (#28794046)
I don’t think housing would be the “official” reason as Elon is keenly aware of how hard it is to buy a house in central Texas right now. Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-austin-texas-housi...
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Re:Tesla’s headquarters will move to Austin by Johnny555 on Thursday October 07, 2021 @08:38PM (#28794146)
As the official spokesperson for the company, if Musk says it's "housing", then housing is the official reason.

It may not be the real reason (which probably has more to do with his feelings about California in general and maybe proximity to SpaceX's Texas facilities), but it's the official reason.

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Re:Tesla’s headquarters will move to Austin by Mountain_Skies on Thursday October 07, 2021 @08:44PM (#28794201)
That's temporary and the company has to look at things long term. Austin doesn't have the geographical barriers that the Bay Area has. If the building supplies and labor are available, Austin can sprawl out in pretty much any direction, though obviously transportation eventually becomes an issue.
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Re:Tesla’s headquarters will move to Austin by CalChris on Thursday October 07, 2021 @09:00PM (#28794364)
Compared to the Peninsula, Austin is basically free. Median home price in Austin is $575,000. Median home price in Palo Alto, where the current Tesla HQ is, is $3,488,610.
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Re:Tesla’s headquarters will move to Austin by kelnos on Friday October 08, 2021 @12:28AM (#28795751)
Regardless of where current Tesla HQ is, I would not compare Palo Alto to Austin and consider that apples-to-apples.
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Re:Tesla’s headquarters will move to Austin by the_svd_doctor on Thursday October 07, 2021 @09:40PM (#28794697)
To be fair, no one really looks at Palo Alto when buying a first home…
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