Where is the affordable Texas I hear so many people brag about?

[Jake Stern]

Currently in Denver and what I see on local message boards are former residents gushing about how much more affordable Texas is versus "liberal" Colorado. So I checked it out and I'm just not seeing where it's cheaper to live. With the exception of Lubbock, none of the cities were any cheaper than Denver and some, like Austin, were worse! Even Midland and Odessa are expensive.

Is all the bragging true?

[Cicada]

1. Median home Denver $389,000, Lubbock $122,000

We do need to learn from Texas or somewhere how to lower home costs.

We need to blend what California does to create strong economic growth with what Texas does to lower home costs. We have dropped the ball in figuring out how to drive home prices down.

[DBoon]

4. As in create more flat buildable land?

I think leveling the Rocky Mountains might prove to be expensive

[Cicada]

10. There are many ways to lower costs even in mountains

[ExciteBike66]

9. LOL

The only lesson Lubbock can teach you about lowering home costs is that it is always cheaper to live where other people do not want to live.

In a similar vein, there are plenty of places in Ohio where you can get a house even cheaper than in Texas. S***, in Detroit they are giving homes away!

[Cicada]

11. No disgrace being from Texas, only disgrace is having to go back

The great Texas philosopher Kinky Friedman said that. But there are a ton of ways to cut costs even in the civilized parts of America.

[Merlot]

2. There's not much else to brag about in texas

[Xipe Totec]

3. I live in McAllen, Texas

I rent a 5,000 sqft apartment, 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, attached 2 car garage, all appliances included, access to two pools and 3 gazebos in an inner court yard. All for $1,250 per month. That's typical in the Rio Grande Valley area.


McAllen is on the list of 10 cheapest places to live in the US.

https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/10-cheapest-places-to-live-in-the-us/3/

[littlebit]

5. Just about anywhere in the TX panhandle

is cheaper. But you probably wouldn't want to live here. Midland and Odessa are expensive because of the oil fields. To many people moved there to work and there is not enough housing. Also the suburbs around the Dallas Fort Worth area are reasonable.

[Lucky Luciano]

12. I know someone that bought a huge mansion in Flower Mound outside Dallas FTW.

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I thought it was like $5MM from the pictures even accounting for Texas. - was only a bit over $1MM!! LOL, I could barely get a postage stamp sized apartment for that amount in Manhattan!

[Jake Stern]

6. Thank You

Truth is that, while I love Denver, it's getting too expensive to live here. Right now I live in a teeny 2 bedroom duplex, no basement and a postage stamp yard for $1400.

[KatyMan]

8. For $1460

You can get this in Katy. It's actually the next neighborhood over from us, a really nice place.

http://www.har.com/26614-marble-falls-bend/rent_95464351

1400+ sq foot house on a 5K sq ft lot, 3 bed 2 bath. Houston and its environs are the hidden gems in Texas.

[KatyMan]

7. Try Houston

Depending on where you like to live--suburbs, city, exurbs, etc. The far west side of Houston (Katy TX) is affordable but growing fast. Brookshire (the next town past Katy) isn't too bad for house prices. But these are the suburbs. There's still a lot to do, but it's not city living.

On edit, to view properties and prices in and around Houston, go to www.har.com

[marble falls]

13. http://www.onlyinyourstate.com/texas/cheapest-places-to-live-tx/

[Javaman]

14. 10 years ago, you could get a house in Austin at a reasonable price. no more. nt

[Paladin]

15. My folks built our Austin home in 1954 for $14,000.

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Today that modest home lists in the $600,000 range.

There are plenty of areas of affordable living in Texas: Houston and San Antonio come to mind. Forget about Austin, however.

[Javaman]

16. We bought our house back in '5 for 89k. 1320 square feet...

it's now worth over 250k.

that is freaking crazy.