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Re:A Brief History of California’s Housing Crisis by seanmcdirmid on Saturday February 22, 2020 @10:49PM (#22394989)
Houston is flat, not hemmed in by mountains or water, and hasn’t really been worried about sprawl. I’m sure it isn’t the worst place in the world, but it isn’t on my list, at least, even if the housing is cheap. At the end of the day, supply and demand are real market movers.

As far as Texas goes, what about Austin? Housing is probably cheaper, but rising quickly because of tech interests. Houston, on the other hand, should be suffering from a downturn in the oil sector.

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Re:A Brief History of California’s Housing Crisis by jimthrow on Saturday February 22, 2020 @11:03PM (#22395053)
Nope. If you count growth by population increases, Houston is growing more than 4 times faster than SF and still able to keep housing costs low.
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Re:A Brief History of California’s Housing Crisis by marcusverus on Sunday February 23, 2020 @08:29AM (#22396737)
Median income / median home

Houston: 63k / 230k Austin: 55k / 230k Dallas: 52k / 223k SF: 90k / 1,200k LA: 64k / 723k Sacramento: 67k / 350k

Based on a quick Google search.

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