> I unexpectedly moved here two years ago from Chicago

I was going to say, this sounds like it was written by someone who wasn’t around during 2012-2016. Aside from AI not much is new.

> A tech crash wouldn’t just mean a higher unemployment rate; it would also devastate local businesses and public services. Empty offices, empty coffee shops around those offices, empty balance sheets for coffee beans, and so on.

This already happened with COVID and remote work. The city was overflowing with tech hype and industry to support it 10 years ago.