<story><title>“Tesla will now move its HQ and future programs to Texas/Nevada immediately”</title><url>https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1259162367285317633</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>downerending</author><text>This is being couched as a spat over the lockdown versus Tesla production, but I wonder if it&amp;#x27;s not part of a larger picture, which is that the Bay Area has become a harder and harder place to do business, because of economic realities.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;d be nice to see technical work spread away from the hotspots and across America.  Concentrating it in a few places makes for a surprisingly miserable existence.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jeffbee</author><text>The reason Tesla is in Fremont is not for proximity to Silicon Valley, which has not benefited Tesla in any way. They are in Fremont because they could move into an already-built Toyota assembly plant and hire abundant local autoworkers.</text></comment>
<story><title>“Tesla will now move its HQ and future programs to Texas/Nevada immediately”</title><url>https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1259162367285317633</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>downerending</author><text>This is being couched as a spat over the lockdown versus Tesla production, but I wonder if it&amp;#x27;s not part of a larger picture, which is that the Bay Area has become a harder and harder place to do business, because of economic realities.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;d be nice to see technical work spread away from the hotspots and across America.  Concentrating it in a few places makes for a surprisingly miserable existence.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>xiphias2</author><text>California is still the best place to start a startup, because the ecosystem and early adopters are so important.&lt;p&gt;But Tesla is not at that stage: it was able to create a new factory in China in half a year, and already has a strong brand recognition, so California has its pros and cons.</text></comment>