As a San Antonio resident, tech industry worker, and optimist about the city's future tech relevance, this is sadly representative of the growing pains we have

As a San Antonio resident, tech industry worker, and optimist about the city's future tech relevance, this is sadly representative of the growing pains we have to overcome. NIMBY, sure, but also simple ignorance about how important this could be, and how some huge the returns could be on such small sacrifices. Efforts to expand the city's tech scene [1, 2, 3] and a significant tech industry driven by notable employers [4, 5, 6, 7] are too often offset by middle-child syndrome among SA's TX peer cities, and misguided conservatism about preserving aspects of the city very few people would miss. Generally speaking, the city is sprawling and not particularly scenic, and I could name 50 eye-sores worse than a few equipment shelters. There's no reason we couldn't eventually share in and augment Austin's cachet, both cultural and technological (we're already trending towards a south-Texas megalopolis), but we'll have to embrace our strengths and cast off some of these provincial weaknesses. Crossing my fingers. 1. https://www.satechbloc.com/ https://www.satechbloc.com/ 2. http://buildsecfoundry.com/ http://buildsecfoundry.com/ 3. http://geekdom.com/ http://geekdom.com/ 4. https://www.usaa.com/ https://www.usaa.com/ 5. https://www.rackspace.com/ https://www.rackspace.com/ 6. http://www.24af.af.mil/ http://www.24af.af.mil/ 7. https://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic-centers/texas/ https://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic-centers/texas/