Austin lacks the public transportation, bike infrastructure, and arts culture of all of these cities, along with what you’ve said. It’s more dense than most pla

Austin lacks the public transportation, bike infrastructure, and arts culture of all of these cities, along with what you’ve said. It’s more dense than most places in the south, but I could never realize the dream of being car-less there. Having to drive to social functions is probably the biggest differentiating factor, in my mind, between expensive coastal cities and cheap southern cities.