‘Where ambition goes to die’: These tech workers flocked to Austin during the pandemic. Now they’re desperate to get out.::Drawn by the promise of an emerging tech hub, some tech workers who flocked to Austin found a middling tech scene, subpar culture, and scorching heat.

  • Dee@lemmings.world
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    1 year ago

    random US city response, probably

    Not random. You just described Houston, Texas.

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      Atlanta as well. The frustrating thing is that Atlanta has MARTA, but the state refuses to fund it and MARTA’s answer for everything is to divert funds away from rail to bus lines. But then the degraded rail service means more people drive than ride trains, thereby increasing gridlock, which causes bus service to suffer. So then MARTA diverts funds away from rail to bus lines…