TX, CA, and TP

[Himself]

>
> For Texans, New Orleans is on par with El Paso except for the hype.
>
> > > But Austin...   Austin is to Texas what New Orleans is to the
> > > United States.
> > > Have you ever heard of Hippie Hollow?
> >
> > Not only have I heard of Hippie Hollow, I've shed my clothes
> and bathed my
> > loins there!
>
> Austin is tedious: for evaders, losers, dropouts, and other resentful
> types
>

You make it sound like Vineland!  More complimentary than I would have been.
Austin was a special place in the old days (before the real estate and
computer booms).