Earlier this week, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted a link to a Forbes article along with the following caption: “Move over Austin, because as the song says, if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere — and it’s easier than ever for young dreamers to make it in the greatest city in the world!”
Though it’s a bit of stretch to say de Blasio was trying to start a “feud,” the tweet does illustrate the national hype surrounding Austin (again).
The COVID-induced wave of people trading big cities for a better quality of life (and lower costs of living) has been covered by many major news outlets, including New York Times, Forbes, and Bloomberg. Coupled with some big technology companies, such as Oracle and Digital Realty, moving operations to Austin, many of these articles have heralded our fair city as the shining beacon of light to which all coastal…
