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Austin dweller here -- I assure you the traffic is NOT better here. Ranked 8th worst in the nation. > If you are not aligned with one of the fashionable templ
by chiph 14y ago
Austin dweller here -- I assure you the traffic is NOT better here. Ranked 8th worst in the nation.
> If you are not aligned with one of the fashionable templates, your mojo in the Valley can quickly whither.
I observed this at SXSW last year. It was Elevator Pitch Bingo, with every presentation being some combination of Social, Mobile, Coupon, Local, and "your friends". Very few of the pitches strayed outside that subset.
- colmvp 14y ago"Austin dweller here -- I assure you the traffic is NOT better here. Ranked 8th worst in the nation." FWIW, San Francisco is ranked #3.
- hindsightbias 14y agoFor bridgers and tunnelers, not natives. I've never gotten past the first red light out of Bergstrom without a 4 minute wait at 1am. I could go all the way from SFO to Ocean Beach without hitting a light 50% of the time. SF applies computers and algorithms. Silicon Hills hasn't discovered them yet.
- wh-uws 14y agoAustin resident from Atlanta who has lived in San Francisco. Yes it it is. In Austin if there is a jam you can go a few blocks over and avoid it. In SF or Atlanta alot of times you're fucked because this is the only road that goes where you want :/
- pbiggar 14y agoOn the other hand, in SF you can commute by bike. I'm told that's not viable in Austin.