[AboveAverageJoe]

The reason they avoid Albequrque and San Antonio is they are mostly seen as Hispanic cities, whereas as Austin is seen as a "white" city as most of the California emmigrants are White. My small city is the fastest growing city (over 50,000 people) in the nation right now and most of the newcomers come from California. The island I grew up on has been being invaded by Californians since the late 60's.