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Austin Texas.
Draw a line from Cali, to Texas, to Florida, To Nova Scotia, to Ottawa, to Illinois, to MN, and back to Cali. I've been to almost every city in between (missing a few here and there, but almost all).
Austin Texas is hands down the best in my opinion.
There is very little poverty, though the homeless are treated respectfully.
It's both a College town, a seat of power as the Capital, and the largest growing Tech city in the Nation.
Based on live shows per capita, it's the Live Music Capital of the World... and we celebrate the hell out of it.
The diversity is very unique. On the E-Bus (free rides from 2am-4am to prevent drunk drivers) you'll see punkers, vaqueros, preppies, hicks, and flamoyant gays... actually having good conversations and carrying on well as opposed to trying their hardest to ignore each other.
You're in the middle of the Hill Country, sorry Houston but you lose out big time here.
Decades of preservation has kept a lot of the natural beauty fully integrated into the city (Spring Fed Green Belts which you can actually swim in only 10min from downtown).
Ranks in the top 5 most athletic cities in America year after year, supported by many city hike/bike/dog trails spread throughout the land.
The only problem is, everyone who goes to UT loves it so much they never want to leave. So unless you're in the top 10% of a tech degree, you'll have a really tough time finding a good job. People love it so much I had a few Honors Grads with 4.0 GPAs take a job that paid $20k/yr just to stay in the city. Hopefully I'll get to return there one day.
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"Smite the rocks with the rod of knowledge, and fountains of unstinted wealth will gush forth." - Ashbel Smith as he laid the first cornerstone of the University of Texas
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