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Yes, there's a lot of wide open spaces in Texas, but there's tons of sub $200K houses in decent subdivisions sub $200k, and within 15 minutes of downtowns $200k-300k. I live in an older area midway between downtown Houston and the upscale Woodlands area in North Houston; my house is value at $105k. (3 bedrooms, 2 baths, corner lot, 1600 sq ft, big fenced yard)

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Sure, but you have to live in Houston. Austin house prices in good school districts are expensive. I just sold a house for 10k in a small town in a part of Texas with almost no jobs, so you can find houses, but houses close to the biggest job markets in desirable neighborhoods just aren't that cheap. You can, however easily retire in BFE with a cheap house if that's the desire.

Definitely, though Dallas prices are on par with Houston. However, even in Houston, there are expensive homes (such as in the medical district, River Oaks, The Woodlands, etc)

My mom lives in a little $20k house about 90 minutes north of Dallas. (and it's not necessarily BFE, but in an older part of a 40k city)

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