Living In Texas?
How are the Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, Houston metros for quality of life, jobs, etc?
I’m getting sick of not being able to afford a condo in New England while there are houses would that go for close to a half million up here going for $118,000.
Joe on Sat, 19th Dec 2009 9:16 pm
All of the metros are very supportive of a person living well and not working 24hrs at a time to afford to pay for it. Just make sure that you make a few friends networking always helps. I live outside of Dallas
Deezie on Sat, 19th Dec 2009 9:46 pm
I would never live anywhere else. You can’t shovel sunshine and I live in a beautiful brick 4 bedroom home in a beautiful neighborhood and paid under $150,000.
SirBaldn on Sat, 19th Dec 2009 10:41 pm
I live in Dallas. Dallas living, if you actually live in the Dallas metro, not a separate suburb, is not that cheap. I live a 2 bedroom apartment and I pay $1300 a month. It’s more expensive than the other suburbs. I looked at houses for awhile, and the lowest priced area of Dallas was Oak Cliff (a bad place to live, bad rep.) and the houses were still at least $150,000. As for San Antonio and Austin and Houston, I’m not really sure. I think Austin is kind of expensive. If you want to live in a suburb try Arlington. It’s about 30 minutes from downtown Dallas, but much cheaper living and a lot more new neighborhoods.
eastchic on Sat, 19th Dec 2009 11:19 pm
i suggest you stay in new england. texas is the home state of gwb. i wouldn’t want that on my conscience.
addicted to piercings on Sat, 19th Dec 2009 11:20 pm
Housing costs are lower, but jobs here tend to pay a LOT less, so in real money it usually balances out. Investigate what you could actually earn down here before jumping in and moving for the “cheap” housing.
It may be worthwhile if you have enough savings to make a big down payment on a home, and can then live on the lower local pay scale.
But housing costs are going up here, too, because out-of-state people with out-of-state incomes are snapping up second homes or retirement or investment property at our ‘cheap’ housing rates, making housing unaffordable for people earning incomes at the local pay scale.
Winters in South Texas are very pleasant, but make sure you can either tolerate VERY hot weather or can afford high cooling bills for the summer. Summers here are pure misery – the hot weather starts in April, and doesn’t subside until late October.