Woulda worked a lot better without the anti-Austin sentiment. Austin is 48% white, has a booming tech industry, and invented the food truck trailer park. Austin City Limits is fucking legendary, both as a TV show and as a festival. One of the best choral groups in the nation was born here, and UT's student radio was so good it became our NPR affiliate and then split into two frequencies broadcasting simultaneously. Austin has so many good musicians it's actually a problem, because club owners can always find someone great willing to play for less. Houston gets off on bands that came out of there 50 years ago. Austin is a cultural and technological hub that's been on the right side of hip since it was Waterloo, and yeah it's a shame it's being gentrified, but that's no reason to discount the great art, food, and industry that still flows through this town.