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Virgin Atlantic suspends its route from London to Austin because it says the city's tech boom is over (www.businessinsider.com)
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Virgin Atlantic suspends its route from London to Austin because it says the city's tech boom is over::Virgin Atlantic in a Friday statement said that in Austin "demand in the tech sector is not set to improve in the near term."

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[โ€“] Mafflez@reddthat.com 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's almost like Texas in general is a shit hole and tech companies shouldn't bother with the state in general. I have no clue why there even was a boom in Austin due to the stupidly shit power grid in the first place.

[โ€“] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago

Mostly because for a while, Austin had dirt-cheap corporate real estate.