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Airbnb will build a new tech hub in Atlanta

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140 points 7d7n | 1 comments | 18 Feb 21 16:23 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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forrestthewoods ◴[18 Feb 21 21:12 UTC] No.26185610[source]▶
Hell yeah. Everyone says they care about diversity. But you aren’t going to build a diverse workforce if all your offices are in SF, NYC, London, and Seattle.

I’ve wanted to see big tech expand into the South for years. (Austin doesn’t count.) Atlanta and Nashville please.

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1. oh_sigh ◴[18 Feb 21 22:07 UTC] No.26186344[source]▶
If diversity just a euphemism for "non-white", then NYC is as diverse as Atlanta - both with about 40% white population and 60% non-white. NYC is far more diverse than America as a whole - 30% fewer whites, 2x more blacks, and 80% more Latinos, 3x more Asians, and 10x more Jews than one would expect from America's overall demographics.

In fact, by most measures NYC is more diverse than Atlanta. Atlanta is for the most part whites+blacks, whereas NY has an actual latino and asian population.