Elon Musk continues to buy property in Texas

[JR1051]

University of Austin Campus

Forget the campus. I’d be happy if he bought us an offensive line!

 

[UT Big Daddy]

I said $2M, not $2K

Gotcha. One M is used to signify “thousand” in my industry. Two MM’s signifies “millions”.

 

[Malibusmostwanted]

Just is not as desirable an area as the western half of the area. It will develop but most would rather live in an area with closer proximity to the lakes and hill country.



mammy

Average salary of a Giga factory employee is $58,000. If your spouse makes $40,000 then you can afford a house around $250,000…$350,000 would be a stretch.

You’d have to go all the way out to Blanco to find homes West of Mopac at that price.

 

[mammy44]

Average salary of a Giga factory employee is $58,000. If your spouse makes $40,000 then you can afford a house around $250,000…$350,000 would be a stretch.

You’d have to go all the way out to Blanco to find homes West of Mopac at that price.

I understand. I simply said the eastern areas of the Austin Metro are not as desirable as the western areas.

With Tesla, Amazon and others have invested in the 130 corridor development of residential areas will grow quickly from Jarrell through Lockhart.

With all of that said, west side of Austin is still MUCH more desirable than the East.



mammy

 

[W. E. Henley]

Gotcha. One M is used to signify “thousand” in my industry. Two MM’s signifies “millions”.

I see that sometimes, but not often. What industry?

 

[PhoenixKnightForever00]

Look believe It or not I have no problem with Tesla moving to Texas. I've been inside a tesla. The cars are easy and smooth plus it's electric cars. Good for the planet. It's one of the two things along with Austin FC that the city of Austin or state has done for that matter in recent history because ThE city has immaturely grown and not in a good way

 

[mammy44]

Look believe It or not I have no problem with Tesla moving to Texas. I've been inside a tesla. The cars are easy and smooth plus it's electric cars. Good for the planet. It's one of the two things along with Austin FC that the city of Austin or state has done for that matter in recent history because ThE city has immaturely grown and not in a good way

I have almost no idea what you are saying here. Are you saying the only successes the city and state have had is Tesla and Austin FC? Your post is kind of jibberish.


mammy

 

[Alonzo Harrison]

I see that sometimes, but not often. What industry?

Not sure his industry, but it is pretty common in banking and finance.

 

[Seftees]

I came from a small town and didn’t know squat; I’m one of the many that looks back ever-so-fondly on my college years as it taught me life, how to think, how to meet people and build relationships, et all. I have been in high tech sales for well over two decades. Does my history degree help? Nope. Then again, an overwhelming yes, it certainly did/does.

Good for you but its not 2000 anymore. There are a lot of almost worthless degrees out there at good colleges such as UT. My guess is you'd be very hard pressed to get that degree and that job today, almost December of 2021.

Studies have shown the ROI for about 1/3 of people just aren't there anymore. Does that mean some gender studies majors can't slip through the cracks? Sure. But most have a useless piece of paper.

 

[Seftees]

I have a degree from. Texas in history/Asian Studies.
Lawyer for 15 years.
Now teach history.
Was that enough of a payoff to taxpayers?

So your history degree is pretty much meaningless. Your law degree is what got you ahead.

Someone with nothing but a history degree (along with a bunch of other degrees) from UT (and a lot of other schools) just aren't giving the ROI anymore.

Is it 100%? Of course not. Especially if you get advanced degrees beyond that. But many just aren't getting the ROI.

 

[Seftees]

Actually, I graduated UT with a BA in government in ‘84 before going to dental school. I questioned the value of my liberal arts degree even then, when tuition was something like $24 a credit hour after the flat rate for the first 12 hours. When I was in school is when the legislature started seriously ramping up fees. My point in all this is not to disparage education, but rather how we allocate resources. In my opinion, the existing models don’t make sense, and certainly aren’t efficient uses of public dollars.

Your take is spot on for many degrees