#ElonMusk moves #X out of #SanFrancisco. City leaders shrug [more like rejoice, especially good riddance – the offensively bright X]

The city’s chief economist says that after #Musk’s deep staff cuts, X didn’t offer much to #SF anyway.

After 18 yrs, Elon Musk will move X, formerly known as #Twitter, out of SanFrancisco, acc/to Mayor #LondonBreed’s office.

#Tech #SocialMedia #California #DontLetTheDoorHitYouInTheAss
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/08/05/musk-moves-x-out-of-san-francisco/

Elon Musk moves X out of San Francisco. City leaders shrug.

Elon Musk says he will close X’s offices in San Francisco. The billionaire has long complained about the city’s progressive politics and homelessness crisis.

The Washington Post

The #SocialMedia company has a long history w/the city, but billionaire entrepreneur #ElonMusk, who acquired the platform in 2022, has often used it to bash the city’s #progressive #politics & homelessness crisis.

The social network’s departure will mark the end of an era for #SanFrancisco’s downtown #MidMarket neighborhood, where city ofcls once courted #tech companies w/incentives dubbed the “#Twitter tax break.”

#Tech #California #DontLetTheDoorHitYouInTheAss

#ElonMusk made deep cuts to #Twitter’s workforce when he acquired the company in Oct 2022, & #X only has about 120 employees left in #SanFrancisco…. The employees will be moved to office space in #SanJose & #PaloAlto [to the cities’ dismay], where #Musk’s #AI start-up, #xAI, operates out of, & the company will conduct a survey to figure out where individual employees want to work [somewhere unaffiliated w/Musk].

#Tech #SocialMedia #California #DontLetTheDoorHitYouInTheAss

@Nonilex
Yep, now maybe they'll be able to get the Musk stank out of the HQ building
@Nonilex Just as I said when he announced SpaceX HQ would leave California: Don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya! 👋