I live in Corpus. Moved here in 2001, about a year after law school. Still make it up to Houston on a monthly basis or so.
Heh, I don't think my firm would appreciate me taking a 6 hour lunch break. We should grab a beer sometime though when I'm in town.
It takes me 15-20 minutes to get 6 miles in Austin around 3pm Monday thru Thurs. 25-35 minutes to do the same on a Friday. If I were in Houston with the same commute situation (I live right off the freeway, have to Uturn, and my work is 1 stoplight off the freeway, so almost nothing but freeway travel involved) it would take me no more than 10 on any day. I definitely miss the Houston commutes in this case.