Waco is a nice town, not sure I’d want to live in those Texas towns that are farther west.
Abilene seems okay, several institutes of higher learning plus the air force base. I sold my home in a Waco suburb last June for my asking price without a realtor. It was only on the market three weeks before it went under contract. You don’t see big jumps in value here, rather slow and steady increases. All in all I was happy with about a 20% increase over a five year period.