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esalman on Nov 24, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Samsung plans $17B chip plant in Taylor, Texas

Texas is the size of 4 Bangladesh's. Why do they have build everything in the vicinity of Austin?

catillac on Nov 24, 2021 | [–]

Most of Texas is very remote and hard to attract talent or investment to. Certainly cheaper to put the plant in Uvalde or something, but harder to recruit hard tech talent there.

dhritzkiv on Nov 24, 2021 | [–]

Middle of nowhere Texas is not connected to services, utilities, amenities. The area in the vicinity of Austin is.

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