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Virgin Atlantic suspends its route from London to Austin because it says the city's tech boom is over
(www.businessinsider.com)
this post was submitted on 29 Oct 2023
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For a few years it seemed like every tech bro and their mother was moving into Austin
Then Texas happened. All they had to do was nothing and become silicone valley rich
It was bringing in too many liberals for Texas. They'll trade the billions in money for control.
It sucks because Texas was actually one of the first places the integrated circuit was developed. It'd been hypothesized and speculated upon prior to its invention, but my understanding is that the first effectively integrated circuit was designed by Jack Kilby and built by Texas Instruments; followed shortly by Robert Noyce in California (who made the first true integrated circuit).
Like Van Nuys, silicone valley?