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Re:Tesla’s headquarters will move to Austin by keewee7 on Friday October 08, 2021 @02:12AM (#28796228)
Of course he is blaming housing prices when the real reasons are the lower taxes and pro-business environment in Texas.
Re:Tesla’s headquarters will move to Austin by mrep on Friday October 08, 2021 @04:39PM (#28803916)
I really doubt it. The bay area has the most absurd housing prices I've ever seen. Looking on zillow, I've seen places that aren't as good as mine in Chicago go for 2-4x the price I paid. It is absurd and Illinois isn't known for being a low tax state recently.
Re:Tesla’s headquarters will move to Austin by dragonwriter on Friday October 08, 2021 @04:41PM (#28803937)
> Looking on zillow, I’ve seen places that aren’t as good as mine in Chicago go for 2-4x the price I paid.

I’m…not convinced that’s an unreasonable ratio between the Bay Area and Chicago.

Re:Tesla’s headquarters will move to Austin by mrep on Saturday October 09, 2021 @02:28AM (#28807548)
Should have just said 4x cause the 2x condos I saw where acceptable to me but way worse. This website [0] lists about a 4x price difference on average price per square foot.

That is a ridiculous cost of living difference for the most expensive purchase one will likely make in their life.

[0]: https://www.propertyshark.com/Real-Estate-Reports/2020/07/07...

Re:Tesla’s headquarters will move to Austin by ramin_hal9001 on Friday October 08, 2021 @03:34AM (#28796658)
Of course. But this is also now makes Tesla a supporter of governments that ban abortion and throttle the democratic voting process.