The problems of Austin are hard. The problems of SF are impossible. (Or so it feels to me, an outsider to both places.) But I think these people weren't tryi

The problems of Austin are hard. The problems of SF are impossible. (Or so it feels to me, an outsider to both places.) But I think these people weren't trying to move to a place where the problems were at least solvable. They were trying to move to a place without problems. That isn't Austin (or anywhere, really). Not finding what they were looking for, they bailed.