Why Toyota is moving 3,000 jobs from California to Texas (Los Angeles: sales, real estate)

[expatCA]

Originally Posted by Exitus Acta Probat

I know a truck driver who travels all over the U.S., and he says that Texas is a dump for the most part.

You get what you pay for.

Ignore him, he is an idiot.

It would be like saying CA is a dump if you live in Barstow or Baker.

[18Montclair]

Originally Posted by expatCA

Yes and CA drives many away.

The jobs that have left amount to breadcrumbs actually.

How kind.

Tell that to the employees and their families who are losing their jobs. CA, NEEDS every type of job to help the people living there find work.

"Doesn't every State need those things"

Are you now contradicting yourself?

No need to be melodramatic, I just dont see regional hq as vital to CA as manufacturing or more technical fields.

[nslander]

Originally Posted by slo1318

C'mon, you know what they were saying. Compare Plano to inland areas not LA. Even hop over the hill to the San Fernando Valley or Inland Empire.

I know exactly what the OP wrote. It's wrong. Those temps are taken from downtown Los Angeles, many miles more inland than Torrance. There's no reason pretend there are aren't millions of people who live in the region enjoying an average high temp lower than that of Plano, TX.

[ringwise]

Originally Posted by i_love_autumn

CA is no cooler, except along the coast, where only the rich can afford to live!

Plus those ac bills are far, far outmatched by the cost of everything in CA except for produce, like car registration for instance!

And gas. CA and NY are high-fiving it because some places have gone down below $2. It's been well below $2 in TX for a long time.

[nslander]

Originally Posted by slo1318

Ive heard the same thing before that the expansion of the Panama Canal will cause a hit on California ports.

Potentially limit future growth? Perhaps. Cause a hit? I'll put more weight in a billion dollars of investment in expansion over speculation.

[ringwise]

Originally Posted by Exitus Acta Probat

I know a truck driver who travels all over the U.S., and he says that Texas is a dump for the most part.

You get what you pay for.

Yup, never set foot in the state, but take the word of someone that sees nothing of the country but highway and truck stops.

[expatCA]

Originally Posted by nslander

I know exactly what the OP wrote. It's wrong. Those temps are taken from downtown Los Angeles, many miles more inland than Torrance. There's no reason pretend there are aren't millions of people who live in the region enjoying an average high temp lower than that of Plano, TX.

But Plano is a small city compared to LA and away from the coast, so use Bakersfield to compare to Plano.

[slo1318]

Originally Posted by 18Montclair

The jobs that have left amount to breadcrumbs actually.



No need to be melodramatic, I just dont see regional hq as vital to CA as manufacturing or more technical fields.

Its more of a hit to the psyche. These were North American headquarters not just a regional hq.
California has plenty going for it and cant win them all, but its not fun to have companies pick up and leave or get poached.

[expatCA]

Originally Posted by ringwise

And gas. CA and NY are high-fiving it because some places have gone down below $2. It's been well below $2 in TX for a long time.

Paid $1.49 in TN today.

[expatCA]

Originally Posted by 18Montclair

The jobs that have left amount to breadcrumbs actually.



No need to be melodramatic, I just dont see regional hq as vital to CA as manufacturing or more technical fields.

Not breadcrumbs either. You just have no idea how many companies have shut down facilities or moved totally out of State. You do know, as an example, that GM used to MFG cars in CA and employed quite a few people?

Any job is vital to people. Nuts to the "State", as it has no feelings.