On: Airbnb will build a new tech hub in Atlanta

[softwaredoug]

I have wondered if with a flight from Silicon Valley/NYC during the pandemic, if there would be an explicit focus on convincing people from blue(democrat)-areas to move to political flippable/purple(competitive) states like Arizona, Georgia, Texas. So when I see "move to Atlanta" it makes me wonder if companies, with their progressive employees, might even make this an explicit strategy. If anything for long term political stability in the US, which helps business...

[jeffbee → softwaredoug]

"flight" from the SF Bay Area radically overstated: https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/People-are-leavi...

[rconti → jeffbee]

Yeah, home transaction values across CA during the pandemic are accelerating faster than the nation as a whole.

[kingnothing → softwaredoug]

Large companies want to have offices in large cities. Most large cities, Atlanta included, are blue.

[lucasmullens → kingnothing]

Right, but getting 1000+ more techies who mostly lean left into Georgia might change the result of a statewide election.