Prepare yourselves. This one�s going to hurt, guys.

You might think that living in Austin, where the sun�s always half a cloud away and people really care about recycling, is as good as Texas living can get.

However, one Forbes writer, who is researching for a book by living in 30 different U.S. cities for a�month each, is convinced you�re better off in San Antonio. Yes, that San Antonio.

It gets worse. The reasoning behind Scott Beyer�s ranking hits Austin in some sensitive spots. Beyer says that a �good weekend party doesn�t equate to clear-headed leadership on Monday morning,� and that�the city maintains a stubborn �slower-growth mentality� in its political dealings. The Forbes piece also calls Austin��a great monoculture if you�re a white college-educated 20 or 30-something hipster,� and claims it is �by far the whitest big Texas city.�

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And what does Beyer see in San Antonio? Mainly, that it�s well-liked by other Texas cities. The article says the other large cities in the state �flay each other for being pretentious, vapid, over-consumptive, or some combo of the three,� but not San Antonio. He also claims San Antonio�s slower economic growth has allowed it to �maintain its�old-world charm.�

Although an outsider, we hope Beyer�understands that the�competitive nature�between large Texas cities�can be likened to a�sibling rivalry: There are certain things you can say about Dallas (although �the anti-Austin� is pretty spot-on) that you wouldn�t appreciate someone from Missouri saying about Dallas, because it is, after all, a part of Texas. And at the end of the day, no matter which Texas city you call home, we all have to point at the same beautiful state when locating it on a map.

If you�re still riding that Austin hate-train, though,�you might enjoy our �What do you hate about Austin?� blog.�Or moving to San Antonio.

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