[dannyisaphantom]

Seems like there is a multi-industry push to move into Texas; came across a video the other day of Matthew McConaughey & Woody Harrelson (and other big name actors) reprising their True Detective role calling for the Texas legislature to increase incentives that bring Hollywood productions over to Texas.

[1] https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/matthew...

[2] https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/matthew-mcconaughey-woody-h...

[hnthrow90348765]

Why TF does everyone want to be in Texas heat or not be able to go outside?

[losvedir]

One aspect that intrigues me is it's well positioned to take advantage of solar power. I think solar capacity is growing faster than any state and it's behind only California now?

I live in Chicago and just got finished with a 10F degree week, and I was sitting there feeling bad about how much natural gas my house was burning to stay warm. There are plenty of weeks here, where I have to raise the temperature in the house 60F degrees, whereas the worst in Texas is probably only a difference of a few dozen, tops. On top of which, cooling like that is vastly more efficient than warming. Heat pumps are getting to be useable at these low temperatures, and somewhat more efficient than just burning the fuel, but not nearly as efficient at cooling from, say, 100 to 80.

But the biggest difference is that when climate control needs are the highest here, we have the least sun: in the winter, at night. Whereas in Texas when the climate needs are the highest (in the summer, in the daytime), they have the most sun. There's something sort of pleasing about that to me.

> Texas heat

In other words, as someone who's a solar power optimist, dealing with Chicago cold, I feel like that's not such a drawback.

Of course, somewhere sunny and comfortable like California might be best, but who can afford that.

[asdasdsddd]

Maybe because it doesn't take 20 years to get a permit to build a treehouse. [0]

[0]: https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/austin-ten-times-housin...

[ceejayoz]

They don't. They're currently incorporated in Delaware, but HQ is (and will remain, so far) in California.

> The paperwork change would not relocate its corporate headquarters. A Meta spokesperson said that it does not plan on shifting its corporate headquarters out of Menlo Park, California, but declined to comment on reincorporation when contacted by Reuters.

[tokioyoyo]

Engineers don’t seem to be taking the bait, and people are very reluctant to move away from basically the most perfect weather in the entire world almost year round.

[jimbob45]

There are a lot of people in Texas and the biggest cities are quite close together. In fact, you can start in Dallas, drive down to Waco, drive down to Austin, drive down to San Antonio, and you've only driven four hours to do so. If ever there was untapped access to a huge workforce, it's in Texas.

Even better, Houston actually has the lowest homelessness rate of any major US city[0] and access to water. People are really sleeping on Houston's future right now.

[0]https://www.reddit.com/r/houston/comments/1dpg4he/did_you_kn...

[1659447091]

No state income tax.

Very business friendly, especially for the Good Ol' Boys club.

[reaperducer]

Why TF does everyone want to be in Texas heat or not be able to go outside?

Northwest Texas is almost southeast Colorado. Try to think beyond the stereotypes.

[HDThoreaun]

Cheap housing and permissive regulations

[jedberg]

It's very libertarian. No taxes, few regulations. Some people die here and there from the lack of safety, but that's a sacrifice the government is willing to make.

[kelnos]

Incorporating in Texas has nothing to do with having a big business presence in Texas.

Meta is almost certainly keeping their HQ and most of their operations in CA (and they weren't even incorporated in CA in the first place).