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Houston made so much more sense as the tech hub for Texas. Way bigger, two top tier universities (with UT Austin in reach), built for scale, and lots of money (
by nunez 2y ago
Houston made so much more sense as the tech hub for Texas. Way bigger, two top tier universities (with UT Austin in reach), built for scale, and lots of money (albeit in the super conservative energy industry, though they are trying to diversify)
- yareal 2y agoIt's not culturally aligned with tech workers like Austin is though. Austin has a reputation of being kinda a cool, funky city. Houston has the reputation of living in an armpit with shitty, car brained infrastructure.
- nunez 2y agoAustin is also very car-brained, but worse because it's a small city that's vastly overgrown its borders. But, agree, Houston is an armpit.
- rurban 2y agoMore Dallas which was historically the biggest Texas tech hub. And still is, still bigger than Austin
- selimthegrim 2y agoYou can blame Tillman Fertitta for scotching another UT research campus because he didn’t want something to rival his precious University of Houston