Celebrities have also flocked, mainly to Austin: “Westworld” star James Marsden, author of “Girl, Wash Your Face” and motivational speaker Rachel Hollis, controversial podcaster Joe Rogan, who recently fell ill with covid-19. “Dawson’s Creek” star James Van Der Beek, his wife and five children posed for an Austin Life magazine feature on their new ranch (“I felt an energy for Austin,” the star said) . Actresses Haylie Duff, Becca Tobin and Jamie-Lynn Sigler, who had formed a pandemic group together, moved their families to Austin as a unit. (“You don’t pay for parking anywhere,” Tobin marveled at The New York Times.) “Queer Eye” star Jonathan Van Ness was filming a season of his show in Austin and loved it so much that he and her husband decided to stay. (“I had my four cats and I was on this lake in an Airbnb, and I was like, do I like Austin? Is this a liberal stronghold in Texas? And this is kind of the case, ”he told Self Magazine.)