‘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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    It’s not all or nothing. Most people are willing to deal with a 30 or 40 minute commute If they’re not already working from home. The reason people point out LA in Austin is because they are significantly worse than other cities like Atlanta Philly and Baltimore.

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      significantly worse than other cities like Atlanta Philly and Baltimore

      Wait. Atlanta resident here. There are cities worse than us?

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        You have bad traffic but your average commute times are actually kind of nominal. The MARTA could be better You’re like right on that line where you have bad traffic but your public transportation hasn’t been made effective yet.

        You should check out San Francisco’s problems. Half their commuters are coming ovary major bridge from Oakland or elsewhere in California and the city itself is a peninsula so everyone’s squeezed coming up from the south. And the bart is hands down awful

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      I never would’ve accepted a job in Boston or Cambridge if it wasn’t for the T (train). No way in hell was I going to drive into there every day.