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Twitter Considers Moving Its Headquarters To Brisbane

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10 pointsjamesjyu9 comments

I thought Australia first and then thought that's a bit random of a choice. Brisbane, CA makes some more sense.

That said, I don't think they'll move. I think they're bluffing to get San Francisco to throw some of those tax breaks their way. It'd really annoy employees who just bought houses in expensive San Francisco so they wouldn't need to commute, then being told they need to commute (or sell their house in a bit of shaky real estate market and move down to Brisbane).

If they do move, there will be some employees who won't go, which is great for other soma startups who will be more than happy to snipe some of their employees.

I doubt anyone would have to sell their home for a commute from SF to Brisbane (its one town down and right off 101) at most they'd have to get a car.

That being said, I'd think staff would hate this idea in general.

I agree that you wouldn't need to move. It would be tough to walk or bike to work though.

Company shuttle?

Several companies in the valley offer this (including mine).

It would have helped if the title had mentioned "Brisbane, California" rather than just Brisbane. I clicked this thinking they were considering moving to Australia for some random reason.

At first I thought, "This must be an article from a year ago, so we'd be like, 'aw MAN, they dodged a bullet'." Then I was like, "Oh man, I hope they're not trying to buy up recently flooded property on the cheap." Then I was like, "Oh. California. X'ing out."

I agree... but for a totally different reason. I thought it was an incredibly bad joke considering that Brisbane, Australia has just been hit by the worst floods since 1974. The CBD and many suburbs are literally awash in water. It's a national disaster: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/special-reports/gallery-fn7... So... I was relieved to see the piece had absolutely nothing to do with the plight of Brisbane, Australia!

To keep the fail whale afloat?

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