The “Texas Miracle” loses some of its magic as Oracle announces it’s moving its new HQ out of Austin and Tesla lays off nearly 2,700 workers.

The “Texas Miracle” loses some of its magic as Oracle announces it’s moving its new HQ out of Austin and Tesla lays off nearly 2,700 workers.

  • ladEnglish
    22·
    8 months ago

    Well, I heard that Austin is very good and progressive, especially compared to the rest of Texas, and feels free of weird shit. But that was quite some time ago, and now it seems not to outweigh being in Texas anymore

    • jumjummy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      26·
      8 months ago

      Unfortunately, you would still be a blue dot in a sea of red backwater thinking, human rights limiting, crazy religious, and racist people that make up Texas as a whole.

    • Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15·
      8 months ago

      The state government also hates the city and works to actively sabotage it. When they tried to reform their police after they murdered several protestors, the state took over the department. Despite being a small city, it has terrible transportation because the state never allocates any funding for it.

    • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
      111·
      8 months ago

      Austin is progressive compared to the rest of Texas, but that’s faint praise.

      • ladEnglish
        5·
        8 months ago

        A pretty low bar to set, I understand