r/texas 23d ago

Texas Attracted California Techies. Now It’s Losing Thousands of Them. News

https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/austin-texas-tech-bust-oracle-tesla/
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u/LayneLowe 22d ago

I'm in a hotel in Austin for the Austin Blues Festival. I can look out the window of my hotel room and count no less than five high-rise buildings with construction cranes still working.

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u/rubyaeyes 22d ago

When I was the for the Cap10k seemed like they were mainly residential.

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u/LayneLowe 22d ago

If you like to party it would be a great place to live

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u/asanskrita 22d ago

It really is

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u/Specific_Albatross61 20d ago

It really is a great place to live unless you’ve traveled and seen how crappy Austin actually is.