Cellbomber
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The question for a city like Austin is, what nearby areas is it going to pull a 50% increase in tech workers from? Places like DC and Philly I could see doing that. Chicago already has the population to meet that demand. Atlanta might be able to. Austin though? I dunno. 50k jobs dumped on one area in a 10 year span is a LOT. You've got like 30m people in a 100 mile radius from Philly, NYC, Boston, DC, even Baltimore. You've got 5m people 100 miles from Austin. Drawing 50k from a crowd of 30m is a lot easier than a crowd of 5m.
Baltimore/DC metro area or somewhere between is highly likely. 8 million plus people to pull from and a big presence in both cities already. 3 airports (2 international) only help out with clients and meetings.