Music in Austin is 7/10? Compared to what?
It used to be an 8/10 or a 9/10 when I moved here, but professional musicians have been priced out. Now it's people with day gigs, music students at UT, and people who bought while it was more affordable and locked in their cost of living.
The only place with a marginally better average standard of musicians in the US that I’ve encountered is Nashville.