[quote=The-Shoveler]IMO SD seems to be doing very well,
But with Oracle and now Tesla there does seem to be a pattern forming here of the very rich leaving the Bay area.
Also LA is in a spiral and not making it easer to stay IMO.[/quote]
It never really made sense to expect that a full fledge car factory could be built in high cost bay area like Fremont. The only reason why Tesla was able to start there was because that was the former factory of GM/Toyota NUMMI that made toyota corollas and chevy novas/pontiac vibes and Tesla got a sweetheart deal after GM/Toyota ended that partnership and GM got rid of the factory.
A little story about this factory, NUMMI. It was a joint factory between Toyota and GM to learn from each other. Toyota took their learnings from GM and used them to open Toyota Motor Manufacturing USA in Kentucky, so it was more or less successful… GM took their learnings and tried to apply Toyota Production System to other assembly plants, and largely failed.
