Silicon Valley tech talent is flocking to Austin, Texas, trading sky-high rent costs for live music and a newer tech scene — here's what it's like in 'Silicon Hills'

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Silicon Valley tech talent is flocking to Austin, Texas, trading sky-high rent costs for live music and a newer tech scene — here's what it's like in 'Silicon Hills'
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Apple's $1 billion campus, 5,000 Oracle employees, scooter mania, and a growing startup scene — there's a reason Austin's been dubbed 'Silicon Hills.'

Austin, Texas, is a hotbed for millennials, has a vibrant music scene, and is the country's fastest-growing major metro area. It's also where droves of tech talent from Silicon Valley and beyond are headed, if they haven't landed there already. Google, Facebook, Atlassian, and Oracle have thousands of workers in Austin collectively.

Austin, Texas, is a hotbed for millennials, has a vibrant music scene, and is the country's fastest-growing major metro area. It's also where droves of tech talent from Silicon Valley and beyond are headed, if they haven't landed there already. Google, Facebook, Atlassian, and Oracle have thousands of workers in Austin collectively.

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