Yikes. That marketing campaign is so overblown. If you really found Austin weird I'm curious what your day to day is like.

> if I could find parking

Urban vs suburban. I'm willing to walk and want my kids to feel the same way. I remember suburban life well, and don't miss the superficial need for parking within 30 seconds (or 2 minutes) of your destination.

A procession of people crossing the upper level I-35 in wheelchairs... is weird.

Non-homeless and non-drunk people just sitting/laying down in the middle of the sidewalk on 6th Street, S Congress... is weird. I get it, it is too hot to walk in the summer, go inside, or to the springs.

Semi-Jokingly: Republicans in Austin... is weird.

But more than these specific things, its a lot of little oddities that didn't occur in more traditional places like Houston.

That said, I moved to NYC in 2015, so I can't claim Austin was THAT weird compared to what I saw every day for a couple of years before moving upstate.