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I might add, the size of the Austin gigafactory is larger than the size of all Tesla factories in the world combined [1].
I will leave you to do the math if Tesla leaving CA isn't a possibility.
[1] https://electrek.co/2020/07/30/tesla-gigafactory-texas-crazy...
If you look at the planning documents you'll see that the planned footprint for the texas factory is probably a similar size to the plans for the rest of their "giga" factories. https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/Tesla...
These are manufacturing jobs. It is not exactly like California has a better environment for that than Texas.
Numbers from the National Association of Manufacturers:
California: $316.7b manufacturing output, 10.67% of state product, 7.72% of employment. [1]
Texas: $230.45b manufacturing output, 12.98% of state product, 7.04% of employment. [2]
So really, it doesn't seem like one state is particularly better than the other for manufacturing by the numbers.
1: https://www.nam.org/state-manufacturing-data/2019-california...
2: https://www.nam.org/state-manufacturing-data/2019-texas-manu...
And Wall Street was great in New York until they moved to Florida, North Carolina, and Hawaii... and Oil headquarters were huge in California until they moved to Texas... and Big Auto was big in Michigan until they moved to the South and on and on.
What is so mind-boggling about all these people not seeing the trends is acting like what is is what has to be. There's no divine right for these companies to remain in California. It has a terrible business climate. Were it not for oil, agriculture, and defense in parts of CA the Bay Area loathes, there would be very little actual "stuff" produced in California. Software has no geographic attachment to the land like ag or oil, so there's no reason they have to be forced to the Central Valley. They can just leave.
Also a lot of bigger, tech friendly cities -- Dallas, Austin, and Houston is poised to overtake Chicago as the 3rd largest city in the US within a decade or two.
Kanasas may be similar in terms of taxes and political climate (unions) but all its really got going for it is empty space. Ditto for much of the rest of the Midwest.