Comment by Ocerge

I'm largely biased since I grew up within 60 miles of Austin, but I never got the hype. It's hot as hell, has the worst traffic I've ever seen, is geographically lame (you don't get to claim the hill country, and no, barton springs doesn't count either), and super weak public transportation. The only thing Austin has on just about any other city in the US is world-class BBQ and a fleet of Richard Linklater wannabes.