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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.::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.

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[–] [email protected] 173 points 1 year ago (41 children)

The traffic argument is so infuriating. When will American journalism, and Americans at large, realize the very simple truth: no large city in the US will ever exist without traffic, without a fundamental shift from our car-centric culture and development to transit-oriented?

[–] [email protected] 61 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

Yeah, I hear you, but what if we add another 7 lane highway that cuts right through the center? I think that would solve the issue

-random US city response, probably

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)

random US city response, probably

Not random. You just described Houston, Texas.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Can't be Houston, he said 7 lane highway not pothole ridden, Mad Max hellscape

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