Opportunity. What is causing so many people to move to Austin? Not (just) Tech, nor Startups, it’s Opportunity

Opportunity Resulting in Opportunity.

You know that licking of your lips and grasping at air that one does when trying to put in to words a dream. How you think through, as you’re talking with someone, something you just can’t quite simplify. What I’m thinking about is not a dream but a vision. Something magical is happening by way of Austin, Texas and to see it, it seems, requires dreaming; having your head in the clouds so as to look down on everything from 30,000 feet.

This photo, taken by Ralph Arvesen, characterizes Austin more than the famous skyline photos we frequently see. This photo, with the convergence of music, video, people, and graphic design, in a photograph, behind which the thriving downtown is seen overshadowing cranes erecting future, while Samsung GALAXY, the smartphone, adorns the banner, and trees backdrop the concert, this photo is a multilayered glimpse of Austin.

What if we could grasp WHY that’s the case? While we wrestle with the growth, spread, affordability, traffic issues, and frustrations that emerge because of…