I have lived in Austin for 10 years and Dallas for 20, and I think Dallas is in every way better than Austin.

Less expensive

More things to do

Real airport with good fares

Better weather, not as hot in the summer time

Variety of businesses so it's not just tech bros and poor mexican labourers

More cultural variety

Live in Dallas. Can confirm, it’s trash here. Moving in the next two months. Really, this whole state is ass backwards (with awful weather).