The Dallas housing market doesn’t really qualify as affordable anymore. Affordable compared to Seattle or the Bay Area, for sure, but housing prices here have probably doubled over the past few years. The days of finding a well-maintained starter home for under $200k are gone.
Booo
There are so many things wrong with Texas, it is hard to even know where to start. I would probably start with "kids pledge allegiance to the Texas flag in school" [1] and end with "politicians will call you a freeloader for expecting electricity to be available in the winter" [2]