What do you do for a living? How do you like to spend your weekends? Kids? Retirement? The answers to these questions may influence what part of Texas is for you. While Austin is technically IN the Hill Country, it is NOT the Hill Country. While Austin is a great place to work (technology, manufacturing, education) the Hill Country is a great place to vacation/retire (scenery, hunting, rivers). Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, El Paso are similar — much to do (jobs, entertainment, shopping) but I wouldn't want to live near that many people or send my kids to schools that big. Texas has big cities and the mentality that generally comes with those big cities. We have larger cities that still have a small-town feel (Georgetown & Waco). We have smaller cities & towns. We have country and then we have waaaaaaay the "F" out there. There's deserts, mountains, hills, marshland, plains, forests, big game, fishing, hogs, fishing lakes, recreation lakes, camping, racing (even the un-NASCAR variety), rodeo... I could go on. Whatever blows your skirt up, I'm sure you'll find it in Texas. Texas: the last place red-blooded Americans can still be red-blooded Americans.