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Old 03-25-2011, 03:58 PM
 
Location: West Paris
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This article, the third in a 50-state series, ranks the best places to live in Texas based on three criteria: (1) median household income (adjusted for cost of living); (2) educational attainment (% of residents 25 years and over who have earned a bachelor's degree or higher); and (3) property crime rates per 1,000 residents (burglary and automobile thefts). For purposes of these rankings, "places" are incorporated municipalities with populations greater than 2,000.









Best Places to Live in Texas (2011) - Associated Content from Yahoo! - associatedcontent.com
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Old 03-25-2011, 04:53 PM
 
Location: Sacramento Mtns of NM
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Considering that "money talks" - the list of 20 shows a median income level with a low of $114k for Bellaire in Houston to a high of $231k. Hardly a "doable" list for those without solid jobs and income.

But then it's not much different from most other such lists based on limited data.

And in the case of Bellaire, it's an old neighborhood of houses that have largely been endangered by subsidence of the ground over the years. IOWs - high maintenance!
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Old 03-26-2011, 01:18 PM
 
Location: Metromess
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Those are not the criteria that I use!
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Old 03-26-2011, 01:55 PM
 
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Midland/Odessa is a good place to live
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Old 03-26-2011, 05:31 PM
 
Location: Broomfield, CO
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Anywhere from downtown Dallas, northward into Collin County would be the best place in the state to live. I do know of some nice parts of Irving as well.


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This article, the third in a 50-state series, ranks the best places to live in Texas based on three criteria: (1) median household income (adjusted for cost of living); (2) educational attainment (% of residents 25 years and over who have earned a bachelor's degree or higher); and (3) property crime rates per 1,000 residents (burglary and automobile thefts). For purposes of these rankings, "places" are incorporated municipalities with populations greater than 2,000.









Best Places to Live in Texas (2011) - Associated Content from Yahoo! - associatedcontent.com
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Old 03-26-2011, 08:13 PM
 
Location: Dallas, TX
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Who would want to live somewhere where 80% of people have bachelor's degrees? That's just going to make it harder to find a good job. I suppose having an Associate's degree, I could maybe get a job mowing their yards...
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Old 03-27-2011, 02:10 PM
 
Location: Sequim, WA
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Well...I don't live in Texas, but my wife and I have considered a move to TX as we have family in Dalhart, Houston, Trinity, Austin, College Station, and Houston. For people like us, the list looks like a good list of places NOT to move in TX. It looks like one of those lists with the purpose of making snobs feel even better about themselves.

If we were to move to TX...it wouldn't be in the snob list or even the places our family lives. It would be in a small, friendly community somewhere out in the middle of the state.
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Old 03-27-2011, 02:41 PM
 
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Midland/Odessa is a good place to live
You have an odd definition of "good"
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Old 03-27-2011, 05:32 PM
 
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Considering those who live in these 20 cities/neighborhoods make 4-5X the median state income AND are 3-4X more likely to have a Bachelor's degree than the average Texan....of course they're wonderful places to live! Is the earth round?!
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Old 03-27-2011, 05:51 PM
 
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Some of those have tens of people living in them...
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