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re: Cost of living in Houston
Posted on 6/18/19 at 2:28 pm to GeorgePaton
Posted on 6/18/19 at 2:28 pm to GeorgePaton
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Plus I-45 got them fancy HOV lanes if you work anywhere near downtown.
F that. On the occasion I head up there after work for a concert at Cynthia Woods....that drive sucks arse.
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Posted on 6/18/19 at 2:29 pm to GeorgePaton
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Stay away from M.U.D. districts if possible
Doesn't that put you in city limits (with city taxes) or in a much older neighborhood (that the original M.U.D. bonds are paid off)?
Posted on 6/20/19 at 9:13 am to YatInTheHat
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Lafayette to Houston (burbs) within the past 2 years. My CoL went down a good bit as well as my earning potential going up. As a bonus my house in Lafayette lost value over the time I owned it because of that shitty market, and my house here has already gained.
Well, yeah - you moved to the burbs. Houston has some of the cheapest burbs in the nation (thanks to the miles of flat land surrounding the city and multiple entry points to the city from every direction).
That said, I’ll never understand why Louisiana CoL is so high for what you get as well as what the average income is. Louisiana has to be one of the worst places in the country in terms of income/cost of living/general shittiness ratio.
Posted on 6/20/19 at 9:36 am to Cold Drink
I just protested my taxes yesterday in Galveston Co and won. The comps they pulled were outside my neighborhood. I had a real estate agent pull the comps sold last year IN my neighborhood and there was quite a spread between their “indicated” value (based on their comps) and the actual price per sq ft value of properties sold in my neighborhood. It took 3 seconds for the panel to determine that the comps pulled by the assessor and actual sales values were way off. They didn’t even look at the other supporting info or pictures I brought.
Posted on 6/20/19 at 10:00 am to fareplay
Living inside the loop is expensive. And getting more expensive. Areas of blight are getting gentrified.
The suburbs remain relatively affordable and the city and metro area are so fricking big that you can find something for everyone.
The suburbs remain relatively affordable and the city and metro area are so fricking big that you can find something for everyone.
Posted on 6/20/19 at 10:03 am to idlewatcher
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true if it continues at this pitch. Property taxes are high AF and not sustainable in the long term IMO.
Texas doesn't have an income tax, though, so you take that trade off. Property taxes are outrageous, but you aren't forking over hundreds of dollars a month to the state either.
Posted on 6/20/19 at 10:05 am to jclem11
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am not sure why the value has been flat for 5 years. My house did not flood. A couple of my buddies that live in Garden Oaks and Rice Military had their appraised values go down.
Sold my house in Oak Forest a year and a half ago. The value of it had not gone down. Quite the contrary.
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