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Originally Posted by drummer
That's not necessarily true. I would say that *many* want to be downtown. But I know many in tech who have no desire to be downtown. I'm not saying I agree or disagree with them, but many folks simply prefer the suburbs. Others are forced out due to higher costs in urban areas.
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It's funny, I spent the first half decade of my tech career at what started as an early-stage startup with a downtown office where 35 year olds seemed middle aged and anything north of 35th was considered basically Round Rock.
After that I moved to a more mature startup where the average age was in the 30s and plenty of people had kids. We were in a suburban office complex on the south side of town, and numerous times had company-wide surveys on if and where we should relocate, and downtown was always vociferously shot down. The Domain, East Side, and some of the newer developments on the south side of town were preferred.
Look, tech is fueled by young talent and young people are generally going to prefer downtown, but people forget that Austin tech has been booming since at least the .com era and that was 30 years ago -- there are plenty of people in their 50s in tech here.
Also, I think that perceptions of the Domain have changed a lot in the past few years especially amongst newcomers who won't be as familiar with the stigma it had in the 00s-10s as a shopping mall. The entertainment district in Domain Northside, Q2, and the surrounding breweries are starting to provide reasons other than shopping at H&M to be in the Domain. It's also easily more urban than most Silicon Valley sprawl.
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