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

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.

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.

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