If you have lots of money, it's fine. Water costs more, and your electric bill will be sky high in the summer. Price of property is high because it's a quickly growing area. Since it's growing quickly, good-paying jobs may be hard to find unless one has really useful skills, like a STEM field.
Try a small town on Texas which is near a bigger city where you can get a higher paying job. That's what I do.
Electricity costs more? That’s surprising to hear since I figured solar panels would reduce that expense.
What do you think of Austin TX?
I don't know much about Austin. But power from solar panels starts at $0.35usd per kwh and goes up from there. Solar power is not free, there is regular maintenance and one must replace the batteries, the whole bank at once, about every 6-7 years, depending on the type of battery and the conditions it was in. So one must check the local cost of grid electricity and compare it to 35 cents per kwh to see if solar panels are worth it. Plus a whole house solar panel system might cost $35,000 installed and most people don't have the cash and it STILL may not run your AC. And the tax incentives that are still around (most are gone) are only a 10% or so tax credit. So it's not worth it in many cases.
Your electricity costs will be higher in warmer states as your AC will run a lot more. AC uses a compressor and compressors use a lot more power.
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