This is awesome. You have a free place to stay in Austin, TX for a week on West 5th street if you'd like to extend your research. Please contact me if interested.

This town has it's edge in B2B but there are a lot of people here seeking to add B2C to that list (the fun stuff), especially given UT is a campus of 50k young bloods. ATX has a low cost of living/business, great public schools, healthy state economy, no state income tax, and liberal-centric social policies. We produce a lot of talent @ UT, but it's milked out of here by GOOG, AAPL, MS, SUN, etc. as soon as it graduates.

TX doesn't have quite the goods as SF (especially in terms of financing — but easy to bootstrap), however Austin is a city most people move here and end up not leaving.

Speaking as a former ATL resident and ramblin wreck, I think you have to stay in the valley at least a couple of months to really get the feel. I'm not really sure how much you can get in a week. In my opinion, it's way too short. I would say the same thing of Austin and Seattle too.

I respectfully disagree. Its like I entered the Magic Kingdom - this place is disneyland for computer dorks. It hits you immediately.

Enjoy your stay.

If you're still in town on Tuesday, we have Hackers and Founders scheduled in Mountain view: www.hackersandfounders.com . I'd be happy to buy you a beer.