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In that study, it was found that Texas was home to many of those most advantageous cities.

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Planning on moving to the Lone Star State?

Considering buying a home?

Are you operating on a budget that falls beneath $300,00?

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The 100 cities with the highest population were used.

The average home values were sourced from Zillow Home Value Index.

The livability index was sourced from AreaVibes for each location.

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Using the average mortgage and average expenditure costs, the average cost of living was calculated.

All the scores were summed and sorted to show the total score for each location.

The locations were sorted to show the best places to buy a house under $300,000.

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