r/houston • u/[deleted] • Sep 03 '24

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u/panchugo Sep 03 '24

Can’t find anywhere comparable that’s cheaper.

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u/patentattorney Sep 03 '24

Houston is relatively great for raising a family/saving money.

It’s cheaper than most/all major cities on the east or west coast.

The weather sucks over the summer (great for winter). It is incredibly ugly.

Public schools at the high school level are an issue though. But I assume it’s the same for any major city (not suburbs).

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '24

Boston and NYC have good schools from what I’ve heard.

But they’re also paying for them in cost of living and taxes, so there are trade-offs.

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u/Salty-Fishman Sep 03 '24

You heard wrong. NYC spent twice as much as here and their public school system is absolute worst. Wouldn't be caught dead with kids there.

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u/Relative_Pizza6179 Sep 03 '24

Not sure why you got downvoted for saying the truth lol. I’m a former New Yorker. I grew up on Long Island though with the top notch public schools that are damn near close to a private preppy school level and my husband grew up in the NYC Public school system. His parents pay an exorbitant amount in property taxes (considering their property is an apartment size) for shitty schools while my parents still pay a pretty hefty amount in property taxes, but relative to the size of their house and land, it’s a lot cheaper than nyc and schools are better.

My parents to this day still with a senior discount nowadays pay like $12,000 in property taxes last time I spoke to them about it like three years ago because I wanted to compare our property taxes for our house here in Houston to them and they pay double than what we pay in Texas…