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Texas and Oregon are starting to look pretty nice. Too bad about the cannabis laws in Texas, though. As soon as I persuade the court to terminate my probation I'll consider selling a few properties and getting out of here, too.

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Oregon sucks. Don't move here, I mean there. But, Texas is very nice.

Texan here. We welcome y'all with open arms, just please don't turn Texas into the places that you left.

Austin is already on the path of SV.

Perhaps you can keep Austin a containment zone for SF outcasts and the rest of Texas will be left alone.

City folk usually aren't fond of sprawling rural areas, so you have that going for you.

> Perhaps you can keep Austin a containment zone for SF outcasts and the rest of Texas will be left alone.

They're definitely more pronounced in Austin. But, (in my opinion: un-)fortunately, both Houston and Dallas are feeling the effects too.

That depends on how you figure. Do you mean socially? Legally? Business-wise? There are a lot of complex forces at play to make Silicon Valley the way it is (including history). I don’t think it’s fair to tell any group not to “make” some city like their previous one. Furthermore, one nice thing about the American melting pot is everyone gets a voice. If enough people move to Texas and change its culture, that’s just something you have to deal with (or move, I suppose).

> If enough people move to Texas and change its culture, that’s just something you have to deal with (or move, I suppose)

We have learned nothing.

It’s unfair and unrealistic to expect everyone to assimilate, if for no other reason than people bring the entirety of their experiences with them wherever they go. There will always a bit of a Californian in transplants to Texas, just like there will always be a bit of a Texan in transplants to Pennsylvania or Florida or Germany or wherever. I think this adds to the richness of life, but I suppose not everyone feels that way.

Can confirm. Oregon is terrible, and I've heard it's entirely full now anyway.

Lol, Oregon is full?

Full of hippies. And rain. Unless you are in the east. Then its super-rednecks, dust, and meth.

there are only about 4 million people in the entire state of Oregon. that's less than half the population of Los Angeles County alone.

and Oregon covers an area approximately 25 times as large as Los Angeles County.

Can confirm. I drove through eastern Oregon last summer. I also got killed. Twice. Then I took the CA plates off the car.

It's a horrible place; stay out.

He mentioned marijuana, though. I can easily see all 49 other states legalizing pot with Texas being the sole remaining hold out. For the next 100 years.

That would make its way to the Supreme Court well before that, don’t worry. Then it’ll either be legal everywhere or illegal everywhere. #federalism

I went to Ft.Worth downtown few years ago, there is this place called.. Hell's Half-acre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell%27s_Half_Acre_(Fort_Worth...

I would not be surprised Texas to have legal gambling and liberal MJ laws in the next 20 years.

Just be aware we are awash in guns. We have open carry, suppressors, full auto, no magazine capacity limits. There are AR15s everywhere.

The state has overridden cities' ability to regulate shooting on large properties (over 10 acres). If you are anti gun you definitely wont like it.

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