T. A. Gardner
Serial Thread Killer
KB Homes, one of the largest home builders in the Western US is leaving California for Tempe AZ. They say the move will substantially lower their operating costs.
Another billion-dollar company bailing on California
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Teflon Don
I'm back baby
funny thing, libtardiots always told us that tax rates and business climate had no bearing on these types of things
Think of all of the businesses Commiefornia has chased off. I mean even Hollyweird doesn't flip there anymore or barely
Think of all of the businesses Commiefornia has chased off. I mean even Hollyweird doesn't flip there anymore or barely
Yakuda
Verified User
Maybe that idiot governor in CA will beg them to come back like that stupid slut in NY did
Why do you think all the tech bros prefer to stay there?
KB Homes is a horrible company, by the way - good riddance!
KB Homes has faced a number of controversies over the years, though the nature of them tends to be more about customer complaints, construction quality, warranty disputes, and market/business issues rather than a single major scandal.
Here are the main areas that come up:
1) Home quality and workmanship complaints
A recurring issue involves homeowners reporting problems with newly built homes, such as:
- roof leaks
- plumbing and HVAC issues
- water intrusion from showers or bathrooms
- electrical concerns
- poor finishing / cosmetic defects
- warranty disputes over what is covered
2) Customer service / closing delays
Some buyers have complained about:
- delayed closing dates
- financing issues through KB Home’s lending arm
- deposit refund disputes
- poor communication during the purchase process
3) Broader market criticism (not misconduct)
In 2025, KB Home also drew attention because demand softened and the company lowered its outlook. This was tied largely to housing affordability concerns and buyer hesitation, not wrongdoing, but it did generate negative press and stock declines.
4) Recent headquarters move controversy
Most recently, KB Home announced it is moving its headquarters from California to Arizona. That has sparked some criticism in California business and political circles, with some framing it as another company leaving the state over cost and regulatory concerns.
So, in short:
The main “controversy” around KB Home is persistent homeowner complaints about build quality and warranty service, rather than a high-profile corporate scandal.
Yakuda
Verified User
Why? It's unfortunate that a business doesn't want be reamed in the ass by the government?
Yakuda
Verified User
That stupid bitch running NY also said good riddance to the people who fled that hell hole and now is begging them to come back. You people are so fucked in the head it unreal
T. A. Gardner
Serial Thread Killer
They're leaving too. The loss is slower but happening. Ones that have left include:
Oracle
Tesla
Hewitt-Packard
Palantir Technologies
McAfee
Dropbox
X (Twitter)
Every Company Leaving California: 2020-2025 | Buildremote
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They are bailing. All the silicon in Silicon Valley left decades ago. There is no more chip manufacturing in California--hell, there's hardly any manufacturing whatsoever there now--because of the state's onerous environmental regulations make it impossible to make things there. I read stories about companies and how that state treats them and see the state is actively trying to destroy businesses there.
These are two that I recall over the years for the utter stupidity of the state of California:
Progresso Soup had a plant outside Sacramento. It had been there since the 1930's and employed hundreds of people. The state came in and told them they could no longer run their cogeneration electrical plant. The company burned all the food waste products from their manufacturing process to generate electricity to run the plant. Without being able to do that, their costs went up both because now they had to buy the electricity and pay to have the waste hauled to a landfill. That meant they were now operating at a loss. They closed the plant, laid off the entire workforce and moved the operation to a plant in the mid-west.
A company manufacturing fiberglass and aluminum ladders was visited by state regulators who told the company they would have to make millions of dollars in changes to their processes to meet environmental regulations the state was imposing. The owners called all their employees to a meeting on the spot--right then and there--with the state regulators present.
The owners announced that the plant was immediately closed and everybody was laid off. They said the plant was moving to Arizona, and they could only afford to pay for a few key people to make the move. If all the other workers wanted their jobs with the company, they could move to Arizona and the company would gladly keep them on at the new plant.
They had to call the police to come and protect and escort the regulators off the property because the workers were threatening to kill them.
The company is now in Goodyear AZ making the same ladders and selling them in California still.
The US Navy had me make hundreds of shore power cable cradles, this aluminum 'super pallet' to keep tiny amounts of rubber out of waterways in California because of state regulations. I was funded $500,000 to do that. Totally unnecessary.
Those two rectangular boxes are what I was making. They are all aluminum and not cheap.
These threads crack anyone up, guarantee this poster does not, never did, live in California.
I know nothing about actual living in California, nor care to, not my cup of tea, but I do know California isn’t going to sink or disappear because people are leaving, it will adjust, and still continue being the largest contributor to America’s GDP
Sorry MAGA’s, California is still a leading State in the country
T. A. Gardner
Serial Thread Killer
California is right next door, and it's in serious decline. Detroit and Michigan, the steel industry of the Great Lakes region, etc., didn't disappear overnight. It took decades to collapse. Same thing is happening to California. Up through the 70's, New York, New Jersey, and Massachusetts were the states with what was then the equivalent of Silicon Valley. That's all gone now.
California used to be the leading state for aerospace R&D and manufacturing. That's almost all gone today. Some remnants linger on, but it's leaving because the state is making it impossible to do anything there.
It's been about a year since all those homes burned around LA in wildfires. Virtually none of them have been rebuilt due ENTIRELY to California government red tape.
Not sure “right next door” qualifies one as an experienced native, nor would I say Michigan resembles Mississippi today.
California has lost an estimated two to three thousand people since 2020, which I wouldn’t say was significant in a State with close to 39 million. Most of this occurred during the pandemic, and figures are beginning to balance out recently. Has it lost major companies, yes, but is that going to make California resemble Detroit, doubtful
And can’t say I recall any Silicon Valley in the NE, and the three States you cited are doing just fine
FastLane
Verified User
Smart move.
Poor anchovies,
Yakuda
Verified User
The biggest toilet in America...CA
Noking
Fight authoritarianism support Noking
Is this the best that you can do to shield the Scum-lican and Crazy Trump from all the disasters that have occurred since Crazy Trump to over?????
Into the Night
Contributor
They don't. Several have left.
This is a problem with spec homes in general. Local contractors are the issue, not KB.
Of the spec home builders, KB has had better luck with contractors than others.
Into the Night
Contributor
MAGA isn't a person, anchovies.
The SDTC is already losing businesses, anchovies. You can't make that disappear.
The SDTC is currently not a State of the Union. It's current form of government is dictatorship.
Good, California is way to crowded.
Into the Night
Contributor
That it is. People and businesses are fleeing the oppression.
Yet STILL Democrats deny any of it happened, or even try to blame it on someone else.
Into the Night
Contributor
He doesn't have to live in the SDTC to see the disaster that is occurring there.
I hate driving through the SDTC. It's depressing to see the damage and devastation.
Much more than that, anchovies!
The fleeing of the SDTC took place after the 'pandemic' (otherwise known as the Covid Hoax). There is no 'balancing' occurring, anchovies.
The Covid Hoax DESTROYED many businesses. It was created by DEMOCRATS. It was what started the economic depression that lasted for six years, until Trump finally ended it.
Just a warmer version of Detroit, and over the entire Territory, not just a city.
Ah. You are clueless. Most of today's software originated in the NE, and important robotics were manufactured there. No more.