>>kenton+(OP)
I think the thing that I’m most amazed by - and this setup is truly amazing - is the fact that you’ve got a group of friends to enjoy this with. Good for you; this looks like a blast, and I can only imagine how fun that’d be, compared to years of purely solo gaming.
>>ckmill+ac1
Plenty of people in tech moved from Silicon Valley to Austin to get a better tax / quality of life deal, even in my social circle.
Remote working becoming widely available really made a difference.
I'm in a completely different part of the world, but for similar reasons I ended up with a few friends in tech who moved to the same part of the world - and I've also met similar profiles to ours, attracted by the same reasons.