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'Where ambition goes to die': These tech workers flocked to Austin during the pandemic. Now they're desperate to get out. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Yup. I had a rental condo in Vegas I sold after 20 years because I read the writing on the wall. And Vegas is doing an amazing job of preparing for water issues.

'Where ambition goes to die': These tech workers flocked to Austin during the pandemic. Now they're desperate to get out. in c/[email protected]
'Where ambition goes to die': These tech workers flocked to Austin during the pandemic. Now they're desperate to get out. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 year ago (16 children)

It is not possible to explain the horribleness that is Austin road planning and the complete and utter lack of available transit. Exhibit 1 https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2020/2/27/a-75-billion-boondoggle-advances-in-austin

Just consider what it must mean for an average Californian to say traffic is bad. These aren't people coming from rural Montana complaining about city traffic.

Being “gifted”, only makes you wish you weren’t sometimes in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I believe this is called the Salieri zone