Re:A massive tech company exodus occurring in Austin, Texas
by czbond on Sunday December 10, 2023 @10:49PM
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TX is really only hot in.... mid-late summer. Even then, everyone just uses A/C and alters their patterns for that time. Just like up north, where it can be quite cold in the mid-winter, and people alter their patterns for 60 days.
Re:A massive tech company exodus occurring in Austin, Texas
by peferron on Monday December 11, 2023 @12:18AM
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I just checked and Austin is over 90F for a full third of the year. Hard pass.
https://www.extremeweatherwatch.com/cities/austin/yearly-day...
Re:A massive tech company exodus occurring in Austin, Texas
by consumer451 on Sunday December 10, 2023 @11:03PM
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I can put on warm clothes, and enjoy the outdoors in the cold. What is the equivalent in the heat? I have lived in both, and if you have a secret I would love to learn it.
Re:A massive tech company exodus occurring in Austin, Texas
by czbond on Sunday December 10, 2023 @11:09PM
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People still mountain bike in Vegas, Arizona, TX etc during the summer - you might just go at night (for a night ride).
I personally just drank a lot of water for lunch rides (I'd take a gallon for a ride) and electrolytes. Favorite time to ride, trails were empty.
Re:A massive tech company exodus occurring in Austin, Texas
by consumer451 on Sunday December 10, 2023 @11:13PM
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Sounds like a good time, kinda. But, if you are a young tech working family, I am not sure if this would make for a great family outing.
You are basically agreeing that you are stuck indoors for many months of the year, during day time.
Also, this last year, which was many people's introduction to the heat, it was much worse than just a couple months.
https://www.kxan.com/weather/weather-blog/austin-records-hot...
Re:A massive tech company exodus occurring in Austin, Texas
by Tommstein on Monday December 11, 2023 @01:00AM
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I too have lived in both, and there is none, as I remind my friends from hot as fuck climates whenever they complain about cooler weather. You can't go below "naked."
Re:A massive tech company exodus occurring in Austin, Texas
by HDThoreaun on Monday December 11, 2023 @12:48PM
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I really dont see how these hot climates are any worse than corresponding northern cities. I live in Chicago and we dont leave our house for 5 straight months in the winter and then there are 2 more months where the weather is consistently shit. Is a summer where its consistently over 100 for 3 months worse than the 6 ish months of not going outside that northern cities see?
1) It's hot for any skin color, compared to most anywhere else in the country. Not everyone enjoys staying indoors for half the year (I have lived in TX.) Folks might move from coastal California and then learn that lesson the hard way.
2) If you are a woman, or woman adjacent, then the fact that religious extremists now set reproductive law might affect the desire to live in the state, if one has a choice.