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conversation of the tech world and beyond. I'm Alex Cantorowitz, and this is a special episode.

Three U.S. mayors join us today to talk about the future of technology in the United States.

They are, Mayor Francis Suarez of Miami, Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway of Madison, and Mayor Steve Adler of Austin.

Now look, they're showing up on a tech podcast because they see an opportunity to take some of the growth once headed to the Bay Area and bring it home.

Though us residents of San Francisco and its environs know that such growth can come with its own challenges.

Now listen to this.

Out of the four mayors I asked to be on the show, only one said no, San Francisco Mayor London Breed.

And that, to me, says something.

What's clear from speaking with the mayors you're about to hear from, though, is that remote work

is not going away anytime soon. And that presents opportunity for people and cities that simply

was not there before. This is going to have an impact on our country's economy and the tech

industry as

well for reasons we're about to discuss. Okay, let's start with Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, who runs

the busiest city on the future of tech circuit. Now, I got a hold of some LinkedIn data from last

year that showed that while Miami is adding tech workers, it's only adding them a bit faster than before

the pandemic. And I'll reference this data throughout. So I'll start with Mayor Suarez trying to get

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