Technology

My employer had an office there. We actually closed it down recently and offered relocation to all our employees at this office. Before that, we had people leave that office voluntarily because they were concerned about their individual liberties, generally healthcare and access to family planning services.

A lot of our tech employees are around that age where they're starting families and raised some important access concerns to us.

We soon realized that there just wasn't a compelling enough reason to stay in Austin, the office was shrinking... so we closed up.

Yeahhhhh, having a failing power grid ain't great for tech, banning abortion doesn't make tech workers happy, plus the myriad of other issues. I can see why their state is losing tech workers.

For a few years it seemed like every tech bro and their mother was moving into Austin

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Over the past decade, Austin's national reputation has become increasingly tied to the tech sector, with companies lured by its highly educated workforce and Texas-sized tax incentives.

But in a major decision, Virgin Atlantic on Friday announced that it would end its nonstop route from Austin to London less than two years after first offering the flights.

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Such a statement is a reflection of significant changes in Austin, which just two years ago had arguably the buzziest commercial real estate market in the United States.

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The report also noted the looming issue of vacancies in the lion's share of the new commercial real estate projects under construction.

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Virgin Atlantic may be axing its London route from Austin, but British Airways remains, connecting the two cities with nonstop flights.

With the Austin route coming to a close, Virgin Atlantic announced that it would beef up its service between London and Miami for the summer 2024 season, increasing the number of flights between the two cities from 11 to 14.

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“Wow what a shock!” said the authoritarian shithole state

London to Nashville is next at the rate they're conservashitting the state. And yes, they've been moving here after they piled out of Austin, and Tennessee is about as worse as a shithole as Texas. Hell, our power company is reaching for that customer service level that ERCOT has. Rolling blackouts are thing here.

I'm going to Colorado at the turn of the year.

As an Austinite, I’m stoked to hear the tech boom is over.