Andreessen Horowitz Ditches Miami Two Years After Opening Office
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Coincidentally, ~2 years seems when move-ins fully realize what they got themselves into. Some can leave at-will and do; some hunker down for a while to reevaluate.
source:early 90s move-in, looking for an exit
As to disruption by possible hurricanes, can you break that down to how much disruption x how many days/yr? How long is the airport closed for? freeways? electricity? etc. AFAIK the Miami metro averages one hurricane within 50 miles every 6-8 years. I don't see that's much different to the effect of winter storm disruption in the northeast.
Also Irkutsk, the Ethiopian highlands and a small valley outside of Slickpoo Idaho. We too enjoy a robust non-sequitur.
> As to disruption by possible hurricanes,
Thank you for also introducing that into the conversation. Getting back to staring down hurricanes, our increasing number of high-ACH storms has us doing the preemptive prep earlier and earlier. Mine includes dismantling and securing temp use structures and prepping each of my customers per their unique setups. My neighbor has to rearrange his job docket around vendor and customer prep while prioritizing outside installations so that equip is available for storage.
These can get a bit wearing when they happen multiple times per month.
> AFAIK the Miami metro averages one hurricane within 50 miles every 6-8 years.
We haven't had a landfalling hurricane here since 1921 and we had an in-county hurricane relief project last year. Storms tear crap up even when one-liners hint otherwise.
>> AFAIK the Miami metro averages one hurricane within 50 miles every 6-8 years.
> We haven't had a landfalling hurricane here since 1921 and we had an in-county hurricane relief project last year. Storms tear crap up even when one-liners hint otherwise.
I specifically said "passing within 50 miles of the metro area", not "making a direct hit on downtown". My bottom line was "How much weather-related work disruption does the average FL IT worker experience (hours/days/yr), how disrupting is it? compared to the rest of the US? How much advance notice do you get to plan around it?" or "How many days/hours delay or closure does Miami airport average due to same?" (Do airlines rebook you, or give you the Southwest treatment? Is it covered by trip insurance?) I don't know what your job function is but sounds like you experience more disruption than the average IT worker.
Don't assume the rest of us here know; some ballpark numbers would be useful. In comparing Miami to other cities (Orlando/Tampa, Mobile, Houston, Austin, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Raleigh, etc.).