I'm sorry, "not a lot of people?" Are you sure it was Austin you visited? If so, during which century did you visit? Because every time I've gone there in the past 10 years, people were stacked four high and "rush hour traffic" was measured in weeks. Great place, but sparsely populated, it most certainly ain't.As a tourist, I think my favorite place in the US was Austin, Texas. Nice weather, not a lot of people.