South Dallas, North San Antonio, Northwest Houston, or even far Eastern El Paso (OK, that's a stretch)
It's all about perspective, my friend. I live in Houston and it's bigger than Austin so Austin is just a very cool far flung suburb of Houston to most folks around here.
And I do mean "very cool" because Austin is by far the hippest, most fun city in Texas. I always tell people that if they would like to live in California but must remain in Texas for some reason, Austin's the place to live.
If I could move to Austin I'd do it in a heartbeat. But if I move it will be to this location:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Robbinsville,+NC&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=39.86519,79.013672&ie=UTF8&z=15&iwloc=A