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Re:The era of cheap suburban growth and development is over by ryandrake on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @08:45PM (#14252132)
Yes, it's a chicken-and-egg problem. If there were plenty of good tech job opportunities in Nowheresville, USA, tech people would move there. If there were more tech people in Nowheresville, USA, companies would move there. Who has to act first to bootstrap the next tech hub?
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Re:The era of cheap suburban growth and development is over by sid-kap on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @11:34PM (#14252830)
Google, Facebook, and Amazon? Many of my friends believe that Google's new Austin office might lead to other tech companies to move here, but that's just speculation.
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Re:The era of cheap suburban growth and development is over by RhodesianHunter on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @12:22AM (#14253017)
You mean like IBM, Intel, Oracle, Dell, Facebook, Apple, Dell, VMWare, Rackspace, PayPal, Indeed, etc. etc.?
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Re:The era of cheap suburban growth and development is over by sremani on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @11:59PM (#14252936)
Yawn, It will be a cold day in hell, when Austin has more tech jobs than Dallas or Houston.
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Re:The era of cheap suburban growth and development is over by RhodesianHunter on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @12:23AM (#14253019)
But then you have to live in Dallas or Houston.
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Re:The era of cheap suburban growth and development is over by notadoc on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @12:07PM (#14257009)
Have you been to either? Texas is quite nice, and has great weather.

Cost of living is a small fraction compared to the bay area or west coast cities too.

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Re:The era of cheap suburban growth and development is over by Arizhel on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @03:18PM (#14259114)
>Texas is quite nice, and has great weather.

No, it doesn't. It's hot. And the people are conservative; nothing nice about that.

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Re:The era of cheap suburban growth and development is over by RhodesianHunter on Sunday May 07, 2017 @01:14PM (#14286374)
Yes, I live in Austin. It's quite nice comparatively. :)
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Re:The era of cheap suburban growth and development is over by thrden on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @10:04PM (#14252460)
Same one that bootstrapped Silicon Valley. The government.
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Re:The era of cheap suburban growth and development is over by mathperson on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @12:12AM (#14252983)
Indirectly!
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