'Where ambition goes to die': These tech workers flocked to Austin during the pandemic. Now they're desperate to get out.

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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.
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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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Actual headline: "One guy regrets moving to Austin."

Journalism I guess. Would you say that he 'slammed' Austin?

There's good journalism out there. None of it is published in Business Insider though. Not sure why we're posting these kinds of links on Lemmy

Insider spoke to six workers in tech who recently left Austin or are trying to relocate ...

It is like a desperate journalist who sees one comment on Twitter and reports "People say ____"