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To: Beave Meister

Think of just how huge and heavy a lot of car fab equipment is —it is hugely, hugely immobile, and a move for such a company is not at all a casual thing.

If a car fab sees fit to move, then what type of move temptations do, say, GAME and NET companies feel...?

They have probably felt tempted for years, and have simply stayed mum.

Say that MOST or ALL virtual companies left California —what would happen to the place, hmmm...?

Detroit was able to run on empty for decades, but I suspect California will be different.


4 posted on 04/29/2014 2:08:22 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: gaijin

The film industry has already been increasingly saying goodbye to Hollywood.


7 posted on 04/29/2014 2:13:13 PM PDT by Hotlanta Mike ("Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it." Lao Tzu)
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To: gaijin

It says they’re moving their headquarters, so there may be no machinery to move. Do they even make cars in Cali?


8 posted on 04/29/2014 2:13:41 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: gaijin
Exactly. Toyota was here more than 30 years. Heavy manufacturing plants are not easy to move and that probably give the California politicians the gall to keep plucking them.

Plus, Japanese companies are extraordinarily patient and love the California climate.

But everyone has a point where they will put up with it no longer.

9 posted on 04/29/2014 2:14:39 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: gaijin

“If a car fab sees fit to move, then what type of move temptations do, say, GAME and NET companies feel...?”

I dealt with a Ca VP for a company with seven plants. He told me two interesting things. They opened a plant in (as I recall) Tennessee. They offered a move package expecting that only a handful of workers would take it. He said the company was stunned when the entire staff said they’d take it. The other thing he said was any new projects went out of state. When the current projects end or the products become obsolete they’ll close those plants and consolidate until there are no operations left in California.

In general, the tech companies are there because of the magic of California. But eventually that magic will fade and they’ll move elsewhere. To many of the Californian’s I’ve met they seem to see California as the only place in the world to live. Take Google for example. If I ran the company I’d have relocated years ago. But they’re still there and putting up with the bus protesters. I believe they think they’d lose their staffs if they moved. Maybe so. On the other hand the company seems to be very left oriented and maybe they feel they should be treated like sh*t because they’re socially responsible.


19 posted on 04/29/2014 2:30:56 PM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: gaijin

Its offices. .it did no manufacturing . .I worked there in 2002 as a network contractor


29 posted on 04/29/2014 3:11:56 PM PDT by tophat9000 (Per PC left logic, the only problem with racism is the race of the racist.)
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To: gaijin

Toyota does not manufacture cars/trucks in Torrance. These are white collar jobs moving to Texas soon to be replaced by illegals whom the rest of us in Cali support now.


30 posted on 04/29/2014 3:12:11 PM PDT by Kozy
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To: gaijin
Think of just how huge and heavy a lot of car fab equipment is —it is hugely, hugely immobile, and a move for such a company is not at all a casual thing.

Since they closed the Fremont plant that they operated for GM in 2010, Toyota has no manufacturing facilities left in California.

This move involves only marketing, sales and headquarters personnel.

50 posted on 04/29/2014 6:09:25 PM PDT by okie01
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