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Welcome to Austin! Not only taxes are lower here, but the city has a real downtown, tons of interesting and educated people, great outdoor activities and a nice dating scene. I can't think of a more balanced place to start a company.

The only drawback is lack of VCs in the area. Austin Ventures are the only girl in town and they tend to favor "seasonal CEOs" over young engineers and are extremely conservative with their investments.

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I think you mean seasoned CEOs and not those CEOs who only work during the summer or christmas ;)

Austin is a great town with a lot of great people and it's a lot of fun, but...

I was absolutely miserable living here.

If you're young, you should head to one of the coasts. That's my opinion.

Austin would be great if I was older and in a position to buy a house/ start a family / etc

Ha, yeah, with a wife and two kids I can say that I can at least agree with the latter part of your assessment. :)

Why so down on Austin? I've heard really good things about the nightlife scene and other things young folks would enjoy... do tell!

I love Austin. I think it's an awesome city.

Right place at the wrong time I suppose. Just wasn't happy while I was there.

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