'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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I support things like light rail but only where it makes sense. I think a lot of comments like yours are from people who live in dense cities and have no idea what life is like in suburban and rural areas that constitute a large part of the US. Also, the last mile issue is very real and needs to be solved.
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Folding bikes, sure. Or you get a bikeshare sub. Regular bikes aren't allowed on trains because they're too crowded.
- Dense city dweller
Philadelphia allows bikes on their subway, or at least doesn't enforce not allowing them. But, they probably wouldn't if bikes were more normalized here.
E-scooters are multimodal friendly and can do a mile without a lot of fuss.