I was in Austin a couple of weeks ago, and it was jarring compared to when I used to live there (in the late 1990s.) Someone told me that 110 people move to Austin every day, now. It's the fastest growing city in the country, and it's an anomaly within an anomaly (Texas had its housing bubble and crash long before everyone else did.)
My cousin has lived in Austin a long time. She's a traditional "country" girl, coming from the smallish country city I came from in North Texas, and is typically conservative. She told me that it's ironic that in the state capitol you can almost see Texas.
