It is the cheapest city to live in of the twenty largest cities in the nation.
I’ve lived in urban New England and would not consider acceptable living.
Around Houston, you can afford enough land to live with cows and horses and still drive in for work.
OK, you had me at “cows and horses.”
>> cows and horses and still drive in for work
It’s mighty helpful to carpool though, if you don’t want to leave for work at 5AM and wait in traffic. I guess that’s one reason you have the cows and horses... one in front, two in back. :-)