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I think that Austin is different from their usual locations but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
RW's been trying to get Austin for a while, but the city has never been too excited about the idea and has been making it difficult for them. The reason they would not do Dallas or Houston is because the Real World tends to choose "iconic" cities over simply big ones -- they like having shots of the city that they can intersperse with the action that set the scene (you know -- pictures of the strip, the Welcome to Las Vegas sign for the LV season, pictures of the Eiffel Tower for the Paris season). Houston or Dallas don't really have any equivalents. At least people know that Austin is a college town and has a great music scene so they can milk that. Also, I wouldn't be surprised if the RW set this up as a "RW: Texas" (a la Hawaii) rather than a "RW: Austin" and capitalized on the whole state's feel, rather than just Austin itself.
I'm also surprised that the next season wasn't Atlanta. I think Atlanta and DC are on the way.
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