The Boston Globe has a series called "Why Massachusetts lost it's mojo - and how we get it back." It looks like that strategy is to be more like Texas: "
He left Boston for Austin. He’s not the only one. -
By the numbers, the ‘Texas mecca’ isn’t so different from the Massachusetts capital. But only one of the cities is booming."
“I want to stay forever,” Bisono proclaimed on hour 16 in his new city.
When Bisono and his roommate, Marino Ginebra, moved from Boston to Austin in September, they joined a growing club of emigres. Texas has become a top destination for those leaving Massachusetts, and young people in particular are exiting at an alarming rate, IRS data show. Bisono and Ginebra both came to Boston for college, worked in the city for a year, then decided to head south in search of cheaper housing, better weather, and a stronger entrepreneurial landscape for their fledgling supplement business. In Austin, they hope to find more job opportunities and a lifestyle more suitable for 20-somethings who are past the college partying stage but not yet settled down.
This article shows the median rent and job growth in Boston vs. Austin and it's really no competition, especially if you're a young professional.
Boston vs. Austin: