Mike Solana

it's an island in Texas for sure, this move is hilarious

austin is of course left, though looking at these local voting graphs i can't imagine further left than sf, and anyway it's in a right-wing state. no one's moving to austin looking for republicans, they're looking for balance.

what's balance mean though? I would argue that driving an hour or two outside of SF would achieve a similar result as driving outside of Austin in p much any direction just thinking this guy is in for something of a surprise

i mean political balance. in sf anti-business, anti-housing, and very left-leaning approaches to things like crime are exacerbated by the state rather than moderated (ex. AB5, prop 13 or more recently shooting down wiener’s rezoning, reclassifying car break-ins etc.)

well, to that point, i think a lot of folks were surprised on the number of propositions shot down in this election, so things might be turning for people looking for this type of balance!