If it's anything like Austin, it will turn it into yet another homogenous urban experience, partially or completely wrecking the things that made the town inter

If it's anything like Austin, it will turn it into yet another homogenous urban experience, partially or completely wrecking the things that made the town interesting in the first place. It's not without it's advantages - cheaper access to a tech society and it's trappings. OTOH, businesses and institutions that we've come to know as friends have been annihilated.