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With all due respect, I don't think there is going to be a "Next Austin". Cities like Nashville, Raleigh, and Columbus may be an alternative to someone who likes Austin but for whatever reason can't live there, or lives there already and has to move, but really I think Austin is a city that really can't be duplicated fully.
The 'next' Austin, does not mean a duplicate, it means a city that generates a youth/creative scene with a national influence than its size would necessarily suggest. Before Austin was 'Austin', people were asking what would be the next Portland.
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Too cold.
Well, Austin is too hot. Didn't stop it from becoming 'Austin'.
I think Richard Linklater had nearly as much to do with Austin's growth as Michael Dell, honestly.
And the city itself and natural environment really are unique. People haven't moved to Austin simply because of tech jobs.
Some good points.
I would dispute the proposition that Linklater's influence is equal to Dell simply because a lot of the growth driver is jobs. Dell's successful company was (IMHO) the tipping point to establishing Austin as a tech center. Once it reached that critical mass, it had developed a life of its own.
Today's growth is driven largely by the tech industry. Not sure Linklater can tie his significant artistic/media accomplishments to that.
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Austin is pretty well known in the US now and it seems that the whole country is moving in droves, so it isn't the undiscovered gem that it once was. Quality of life is drastically reducing with the overdevelopment of the western hills, insane traffic, and skyrocketing COL.
Unfortunately, it was relatively short-lived. Unless things slow down significantly... which I don't expect.
Now it has developed most of the big-city problems, but is still lacking in many of the big-city amenities.
Probably Baltimore at some point. DC's wealth and momentum are getting closer and closer
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