Grew up in Austin and turned out to be a hardware&#x2F;software engineer - no surprise with the number of tech jobs.  I recently moved away to raleigh, nc due to the heat (you never get used to it), traffic, and cost of living.  Raleigh reminds me of austin 25 years ago.<p>-- edit
should say if your life goal is launching a tech startup austin is the place to be (outside of excessively expensive silicon valley)