> As of May 2017, the average market value for homes was $380,000 within the Austin city limits and $310,000 in the Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area, reported Austin HomeSearch.

https://www.tripsavvy.com/austins-cost-of-living-255111

Now let's do SF!:

> As usual, the result is grim for San Francisco, since, according to CAR, a house in San Francisco now runs over $1.5 million on average.

https://sf.curbed.com/2018/2/15/17016992/affordable-homes-me...

That's almost x4 times more. Austin has some headroom still.

Moreover, don't forget taxes! California state tax for an engineer will be about 10% of gross. 0% in Austin. Quite a difference.

Not even remotely close. Like seriously not even on the same planet.

Not even close, and new housing starts have been keeping pace with population growth for years (unlike most other tech boom cities).