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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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[-] lonewalk@lemm.ee 160 points 1 year ago

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?

[-] Rinox@feddit.it 61 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

[-] Dee 31 points 1 year ago

random US city response, probably

Not random. You just described Houston, Texas.

[-] DAVENP0RT@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

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...

[-] Apex_Fail@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

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

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