I am not joking. I have everything against Texas. Until it turns blue that is.
@erth @Roy321 From Royās article I understand CA has moving headquarters issue with one of the major reason being cost of doing business. Even if Austin gets large no. of companies cost of doing business will increase irrespective of the politics. This I read from a study before. What about Seattle, NYC? Ok let me remove CA, NYC or Seattle from the equation and I am not using any numbers. Why has TX or FL failed to achieve top 2 spots in job opportunity for the past 30-40 yrs since itās marketed as most business friendly?
It is all relative, when CA was cheaper and better (and conservative - even dems leaned conservative) than FL/TX , jobs came to CA. The reverse can happen too. It does not mean TX has 0 jobs. They were starters of transistors etc (motorla, ti, dell, etc are/were texan companies) and TX still the energy capital of the USA, if not the world.
The short interest in Tesla is at an all time low. So, put your money where your mouth is and bet against the market 
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla-inflicts-more-pain-short-102755374.html
$TSLA is my biggest holding 
Donāt sell your rentals in Hayward/Oakland and move to Austin 
(Joke)
Not @wuqijun size holding unfortunately.
Iām not going anywhere. No energy to start over. Just be rich here , itās not so bad 
Iām a meager guy with meager means 
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CA is going to be fine because smart people want to live here. Tesla moving to TX shows it is a maturing company with greater scrutiny on costs. the future of the world is decentralized. i am sitting in Bay Area applying for remote jobs. I went to business school, most of my money hungry, and now powerful friends from business school live here, not TX. the center of money will stay here, no matter how many mfg jobs go to TX. and I say this as someone who wants to leave desperately (but DH wants to stay due to the center of gravity of really smart people in tech). I like it here but the reason I want to leave is prosaic - the infrastructure is crumbling and I want better schools for my kids but not pay $50k/year for private school. However, I will have huge career FOMO if we leave.
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The BA doesnāt need the car manufacturing business never has never will.
Once Tesla actually has to actually make profit from selling cars its stock price will collapse. If they could actually make 5m EV cars a year they will be making more cars than the whole US wants. If state mandated EV only cars then demand will drop. Most consumers will not buy new. They will just keep up their old ICE cars for the next 30 years. The whole automobile manufacturing industry will collapse. Especially if AV actually happens and nobody will actually need to own a new car except for Sunday rides in their old antique ICE cars.and spend their money on repairs
Apparently, the cost of renting a 15ā uhaul truck from Dallas to Los Angeles($872) and the reverse($3600).
Trailers are expensive to rent anywhere. One of my tenants bought a smaller covered moving trailer. Cheaper to buy at $2500 than to rent from Tahoe to Virginia. They normally rent for $29/day as long as you return it. One way is a ripoff. Time to buy UHAUL stock ?
Assuming those numbers are correct, the difference in the cost of Uhaul rental shows the demand supply mismatch which is reflected in price, indicating the overwhelmingly higher numbers of UHaul trucks in one direction vs other.
Unfortunately UHAUL stock has already doubled in a year. I was watching it in the 300s. Now 700.
It doesnāt make sense to pay to move furniture. Sell it on Craigslist and buy when you move. The cost of hiring movers and paying across country freight fees is outrageous.
This is a TX vs CA thread. Look at the UHaul comments in that context.
I bought a trailer for $600. Basically the back of a 8ā Dodge pickup. Anyone moving to Texas? I will sell it for $3000. I bought it for my farm. . Never use it. Holds more than my tenants $2500 trailer. Just snowed today. First of the season. Lots of people moving to Tahoe for the ski season . I have talked to prospective tenants all the way from Florida. I think the covid19 rebound will bring lots of people moving in every direction.
I am ready to move to St. Tropez.
Btw Texas is no bargain.
https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/9727-Audubon-Pl_Dallas_TX_75220_M73816-23953?fbclid=IwAR0WV95E0qPN_k5HNdRysrNRKxxyNT9b8um-F4-CqO9pUxA0xdpKmoFVVtc
Get your morning espresso. 
you have already contradicted twice in two lines:
- you are applying for remote jobs - you claimed all good jobs are in bay area.
- All most all jobs leaving CA are services and high tech. I do not think any manufacturing jobs is there in California to be taken away from. The services jobs (like doctors, barber, technicians ) go where people live. You cannot remote these jobs.
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I canāt handle caffeine. This forum is how I get my brain moving in the morning.
I would rather have a 8.5 meter croc biggest ever killed than that white elephant in Dallas
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sorry, I donāt mean to be confusing. Kids were asking for breakfast and I was priortizing typing this, hahaha.
I am applying for remote jobs at Bay Area companies because those are the companies I want to work at. Most of the jobs I am interested in are based in the Bay Area and Iāve seen most of these listings say āremoteā when it comes to the location. Am I competing against the rest of the USA? sure. Do I have an edge because I live in the Bay Area and am applying for a āremoteā job? for sure. a) due the network I usually know someone at the company and can get a referral and b) most companies donāt want to mess with time zones. If these are Bay Area companies, if all else is equal, I probably would win as a candidate since a) same time zone and b) I donāt have to fly or take a huge expense if and when I do come in.
IMO, the āremoteā option for these jobs are a) so they can catch someone good who doesnāt want to live in Bay Are and b) allow for people like me, who live in Dublin but donāt want to commute to SF daily.
i have had recruiters reach out to me for remote roles at non Bay Area companies (Boston, Austin, Nashville) in my industry (energy) and I am TOTALLY NOT interested. These are snooze, old dinosaur companies and they need me more than I need them. hard pass.
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