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Texans are some of the most delusional people on the planet.
For some reason, even the democrats there think it's better than states like Florida. It isn't.
The only state that is objectively worse than Texas is Louisiana, and that's saying something.
You clearly don't know what you're talking about since you skipped Mississippi, land of waffle House and sadness.
Nah. I skipped Mississippi on purpose. Cheap housing, decent geography, and that's about it.
More than Texas can say, though.
Hmmm
It's bad when Oklahoma has advantages over texas.
Yep. It's that bad.
Idk, Florida is prettttty bad
Mississippi is also a strong contender
At least Mississippi doesn't pretend to be god's gift to humanity and the greatest nation to ever exist. Texas is high as shit on the smell of its own farts.
That is a fair point.
At least Mississippi only fought one war for slavery.
I agree, but I'd rather live in Mississippi than Texas.
At least they have cheap housing.
Texas has cheap housing outside of the cities. It's what lets idiots brag about "cheaper cost of living," ignoring that it's because the state is less urbanized.
Really? What would you consider 'cheap housing'?
Texas has some pretty cheap housing. A friend just bought a 3000 sqft single outside of Austin for ~300k.
I bought a 2000 sqft single detached in my city for $1.2mil so... Texas definitely wins on that front. But then you have to live in Texas =/.
That's not cheap at all compared to Mississippi, lol.
Doesn't really seem like it? A quick lookup of single detached prices in and around Jackson seems to suggest that the prices range from 600-700k with some outliers breaking $1mil+.
Are you talking about the middle of butt fuck nowhere, because then you're comparing apples to oranges. Middle of nowhere Texas is also dirt cheap but I specified Austin.
Housing is way cheaper in rural Mississippi than rural Texas.
You may be able to find similarly priced houses in Texas, but they will often be dilapidated compared to what you'll find in Mississippi.
You seem like the kind of person who thinks life outside of major cities doesn't matter, so I don't expect you to care about the price of homes outside of major cities.
That's fair. I was comparing prices of houses outside of major cities since the vast majority of Americans will never be able to afford a house in or around one.
Their property taxes also suck more than people know but there's no denying California real estate prices suck.
Alabama is trying, but there not quite at Texas's level yet.
For real, at least everything in FL is cheap af.
Not anymore. Rent has almost doubled where I'm at and South Florida seems to be worse
Not the housing.
Idk, Florida is prettttty bad
Not nearly as bad as Texas. They have nice beaches, and decent cities.
Shame about the whole swamp and going into the water thing, but it's still a pretty nice place to be. And of course their politics suck, mostly driven by old people, rich people, and idiots who succumb to them at their own expense.