12 best places to live in the U.S.
8. Austin
Population: 797,215
Museums: 25
Colleges: 9
% residents with grad. degree: 11
Household
income: $65,886
% unemployed: 6.3
The tour: The capital of the Lone
Star state, Austin boasts world-class tech companies, including Dell, which is located just north of town. It hosts the annual tech and music festival South by Southwest, which added a Startup Village for investing and schmoozing last year. There’s also the annual outdoor Austin City Limits music festival.
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