I will go out on a limb and say Austin has zero chance of being a serious startup hub without Uber and Lyft. (I am an investor in neither.)
My first reaction to the idea of visiting Austin is "How would I get around?"
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Public transport in Austin? Clearly you have never been. Walking? Have you seen the summers or the layout of the city?
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try rend-a-wreck... you might find it enlightening to drive a car... they might even have one with a stick shift (analog baby!)
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fixed gear bike
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did they ban taxis?
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No, they just limited the licenses to 900, so you wait for 45 minutes to maybe get one. And forget peak times.
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this is the height of Sillicon Valley disconnect from reality.
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No; the height was probably reached back in the 90s, when SV people started to expect Internet access everywhere.
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get a rental car and use Waze like everyone else
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