> If this is a growing trend, it begs the question. What will Austin have to do to remain the darling of the tech world? I moved to Austin in 2008. The locals

> If this is a growing trend, it begs the question. What will Austin have to do to remain the darling of the tech world? I moved to Austin in 2008. The locals had a “go home, we are full” ethos at the time. Looking back in history, that same vibe shows up in the 90s, 80s, 70s and before. So, it’s somewhat presumptuous of the author to assume that the people who lived here when I moved here or live here now ever desired to be the “darling of the tech world.” The article also doesn’t mention all the hardware we had way before metafaceboinstagramoogle showed up. Amd and National Instuments and Dell. Not to mention Apple has a huge campus. Richard Garriot, creator of ultimate online and a ton of gaming shops are in town. We’ve got a major university, healthcare, and a diverse number of other industries already here. Austin likes what’s in Austin (minus the grumpiness about traffic and regressive state politics). If Silicon Valley likes that too, cool. If not, I don’t think we’ll be worried about it too much. I’ll just keep remote working like I’ve been doing for the past decade+ and paddle boarding on the weekends.